Rachael Ray eats on $40 a day. Courtney Scott tried it for $0.
The slim 27-year-old said she spent last week living off the fat of the urban landscape: Free samples from gourmet groceries and farmers markets.
“These are trying times,” said the marketing consultant, who had the idea while munching free animal crackers at the Union Square Whole Foods with an unemployed friend.
“A whole segment of New Yorkers are probably pinching pennies for the first time,” she said.
She recorded on her blog — A Broad’r View — her days chasing down brownies at Chelsea Market, tomato bruschetta in the Garden of Eden, and sopressata at Faicco’s Pork Store.
“There are drawbacks,” Scott said. “It’s pretty anti-social. New Yorkers have a culture of, ‘Let’s meet for a drink or food.’”
She cheated with wine. “I’m a bit of a wino,” she admitted. But at West Village bistro, Dell’anima, she scored free olives, braised fennel, and chickpeas with her $13 happy hour glass of Sicilian Nero d’Avola.
“It’s more of a mainstream freeganism,” she said.
- Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry
- Europeans gather to champion Internet freedoms
- Aung San Suu Kyi campaigns for Myanmar parliament
- Iraqi dissidents form new opposition
- New Maldives leader says he will submit to probe
- Egypt's ruling generals meet top Pentagon general
- Libya asks Niger to hand over Gadhafi's son
x
Courtney Scott tried eating for free in New York city by picking up free samples from gourmet grocery stores and markets.
|
Add your comment |
_
|
Comments are not reviewed before posting. If you believe a comment has violated the commenting guidelines, please alert a moderator using links provided. |
| F E A T U R E D S P O N S O R S |
MORE GREAT SITES
Metronews.ca:
READ THE PRINT
EDITION ONLINE:
EDITION ONLINE:
Copyright 2001-2012, Free Daily News Group Inc.