Comments on: Planning…and worrying a little…

By: Tips on eating more cheaply in 2009 – The Inadvertent Gardener

Tips on eating more cheaply in 2009 – The Inadvertent Gardener — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:15:53 +0000

[...] reporter from the paper interviewed me, Amy Sherman and Faith Kramer about our experiences with the Hunger Challenge and our tips on eating more affordably. I encourage you to check out the article — after all, [...]

By: 2008 best of the blogoaksphere « Living in the O

2008 best of the blogoaksphere « Living in the O — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:23:59 +0000

[...] The Inadvertent Gardener – San Francisco Food Bank Hunger Challenge Series: In September, Genie over at the Inadvertent Gardener took the San Francisco Food Bank Hunger Challenge, eating for a week on a budget of $21. She then blogged about the entire experience, from creating a shopping list to making it through the final hours of the challenge, feeling sick of rice, beans, peanut butter, and oatmeal. To follow this challenge,, start here and then just click through to each of the next posts. Her experience sheds light on food insecurity that is experienced by so many Oaklanders. [...]

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:20:48 +0000

Sharon, if you keep browsing forward chronologically from this post, it gives you the scoop on what I bought and what I ate. And yes…beans were a solid part! I did make sort-of free use of spices on hand, although I tried to be judicious about that. Mostly used salt, pepper and some oregano, and that was it. I figured the average person doesn’t have quite the array of spices that I have on hand…and it was only fair to be realistic and more average about their use…

By: Sharon Chen

Sharon Chen — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:54:07 +0000

So, did I miss this somewhere? What did you eat? I’ve never tried this myself but I have always imagined that if I were eating on a super tight budget I’d eat a lot of beans.

Did you account for money spent on spices or did you make free use of whatever you already had on hand at home?

By: Telling stories with the Hunger Challenge bloggers – The Inadvertent Gardener

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:34:10 +0000

[...] the Hunger Challenge, I’m going to have to be honest…I had no idea what I was in for. I mean, I’m Catholic, and besides that, I have a pretty outsized ability to beat myself up and set arbitrary rules for [...]

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:47:13 +0000

Kristeva, would love to hear more about your project — what have you been working on?

By: End to the month…not the thinking – The Inadvertent Gardener

End to the month…not the thinking – The Inadvertent Gardener — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:06:01 +0000

[...] the month thinking about issues of hunger in this community, and then I heard about the challenge, thought long and mightily about it, accomplished it, then wrote about it for almost two [...]

By: Kristeva Dowling

Kristeva Dowling — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:38:49 +0000

This is a very interesting project akin to mine but very different. I will think about what you’ve taken on and enjoy reading more of your blog. Thanks for posting!

By: Hunger Challenge: Day Six – The Inadvertent Gardener

Hunger Challenge: Day Six – The Inadvertent Gardener — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:29:28 +0000

[...] Kim came into my office to meet with me about something that morning and shut the door. [...]

By: Hunger Challenge: Day Three – The Inadvertent Gardener

Hunger Challenge: Day Three – The Inadvertent Gardener — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:37:45 +0000

[...] out to a restaurant and ordered a food pellet about the size of a jelly bean. At the very least, my Challenge dreams are keeping me entertained, even if they’re a bit torturous in the [...]