In Memoriam: Remembering Sher of "What Did You Eat?"

While more than a thousand bloggers were mixing and mingling at this year's BlogHer conference, one was conspicuously missing. Sher, who wrote the blog What Did You Eat?, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack Sunday morning. Her friend Glenna of A Fridge Full of Food ... memorializes her:

"... In the hours since talking to her husband, Bob, I have stopped myself at least a dozen times from leaving off what I was doing in the moment to go to the computer to email my friend Sherry about how crappy I feel about my friend Sherry dying. That's how big a part of my life she was ..."

As the news spread, people gravitated back to her blog and left condolence comments for her family on her final post, which went up just the day before she passed.

BlogHer Contributing Editor Kalyn Denny has been instrumental in getting the word out to the blogosphere, and has suspended this week's Weekend Herb Blogging in homage to her friend.

Our condolences to Sher's family, friends and readers.

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She was very much loved

I'm spending the day feeling very sad one minute and also wondering why I feel such deep emotion for a friend I never managed to meet. Such is the power of online connections. I featured Sher's photos and recipes many times on BlogHer and considered her to be a really gifted blogger. More than that, I considered her to be a great friend, and I will truly miss her.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Submitted by Kalyn Denny on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 15:34

Such sad news. My heart

Such sad news. My heart goes out to everyone who knew and loved her.

k a r i n a

Karina's Kitchen: Recipes from a [Gluten-Free] Goddess

A Painter's Kitchen [art. words. life.]

Submitted by Karina Allrich on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 19:29

My condolences.

So sad to hear.

- Maria

http://immoralmatriarch.com

Submitted by Maria0305 on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 20:20

Such a tragedy

It's a tremendous loss to the food blogging community, as well as to her entire offline family and community.

--- Genie, The Inadvertent Gardener

Submitted by theinadvertentgardener on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 23:05

So sad and really upsetting!

So sad and really upsetting! She was a great cook/baker, blogger and individual!

I'm going to miss her!

In thoughts with her family and friends...

Rosa

Submitted by Kaliyuga on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 05:37

How we belong to each other

From reading this it's struck me how much Sherry belonged to so many people as well as her family and friends - a lovely way to be treasured. I hope all who hold her in their hearts find comfort in this.

Kind wishes,

Belinda

Creatively Belle

Submitted by Creatively Belle on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 05:51

A note about the recipe tributes

I think very indicative of how mentally connected the food blogging community is that the idea of cooking one of Sher's recipes as a tribute to her seemed to spring up spontaneously from several places. This week food bloggers all over the world will be making one of the recipes from Sher's blog, and then posting the recipe on their own blog on Sunday, July 27. I have just heard that Sher's friend Glenna has offered to add those links to the end of her tribute to Sher so Sher's family and friends can find them. Bloggers who would like their tribute linked with Glenna's post can send the link to marie9949 (at) sbcglobal (dot) net after the post appears on Sunday.)

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Submitted by Kalyn Denny on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 05:56

This is so sad. I did not

This is so sad. I did not know anything about her, but it is always heartbreaking to lose a wonderful member of any community!

Becka

mama to Nick, Michele, Wyatt

Blog: http://blogforparents.blogspot.com

Site: http://www.learnandgrowtogether.com

Submitted by ABlogForParents on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 10:12

My Condolences to Her Family

This saddens my heart.

www.MonicaMingo.com SMOOCHES BEAUTIFUL WOMEN!

Submitted by CreoleInDC on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 15:31

So sad

That is so sad. My prayers go to her family and friends.

Submitted by jesskirk on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 19:52

So sorry for her loss

My thoughts go to those who knew and loved her.

Corina Fiore from www.dtemama.com

Submitted by Corina Fiore on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 22:02

So sorry to hear about her

So sorry to hear about her passing. My prayers are with her family and friends.

Lucrecer Braxton

Art Slam

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Submitted by lucrecerb on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 06:39

So Sorry

I am new to this community, so I didn't know about her before, but I can see from the tributes and comments that she was loved. What a great legacy she leaves behind. I'm so sorry to hear of her passing. I pray for her family and friends.

Dori

http://fromayellowhouse.blogspot.com

Submitted by Dori7 on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 07:16

Our Condolences to Her Family

We are so sorry to hear of this loss. As an avid reader of her fine taste in food, I really enjoyed her post on Herbed Turkey Meatballs With Cranberry Sauce. As a salute to her achievements, I will be cooking these Meatballs for my kids tonight.

Warm regards,

Susan Johnson

Costume Chatter

Submitted by CostumeChatter on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 11:30

such sad news

I'm so sorry to hear of this. My thoughts are with her family, and the online family who knew her.

-steph

A Year of CrockPotting

Submitted by A Year of CrockPotting on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 08:14

my condolences

i mourn with all who have known her. as we watch others respond and memoriams spring up, we realise with wonder & gratitude that such is the power of the internet. and the power of community.

with love,

tess

http://www.ianua.org/

Submitted by tesserae on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 16:35

So Saddened

I am so saddened by the day we lost someone who could make you laugh and also contribute to food blogging in such a wonderful manner.

Sue (coffeepot)

http://www.coffeepot.wordpress.com

Submitted by coffeepot on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 16:54

what a heartbreak

Fluttering by

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may she rest well

Submitted by flutter on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 20:46

Terrible advertising!!

I had read her obituary in our local newspaper and knew that she died of a heart attack, so it was a HUGE shock to see that the advertisement that accompanied this entry was for suicide prevention. very, very bad placement!!!

I was not aware of her before her death, but have since gone back and read a lot of her entries and I can see what a big loss this is to the blogging community. I didn't realize she was apparently a neighbor of mine too.

Submitted by basykes on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 21:32