Spain… on the road Again is a 2008 American food and travel series produced by PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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. The show features Iron Chef

Iron Chef America

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Mario Batali

Mario Batali

Mario Batali is an American chef, writer, restaurateur and media personality. In addition to his classical culinary training, he is an expert on the history and culture of Italian cuisine, including regional and local variations. Batali co-owns restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,...

, actress Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

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, New York Times

The New York Times

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food writer Mark Bittman

Mark Bittman

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, and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols

Claudia Bassols

Claudia Bassols is a multi-lingual Spanish actress from the Catalonia region of Spain.-Career:Bassols graduated from the American School of Barcelona in 1997...

. Each episode covers a different region of Spain as the foursome explore the country's culinary traditions and history.

Before the series premiere on PBS (the week of September 20, 2008), Paltrow and Batali promoted their tour and series on the September 17, 2008 episode of Oprah

The Oprah Winfrey Show

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Episode list

#	Title	Locations	Episode Location Detail Page	USA Air date
101	“Tilting Windmills Tilting at windmills Tilting at windmills is an English idiom which means attacking imaginary enemies, or fighting unwinnable or futile battles. The word “tilt”, in this context, comes from jousting....  in Castilla la Mancha”	Castile-La Mancha Castile-La Mancha Castile-La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities...  and Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...	Castile-La Mancha Madrid	September 20, 2008
102	“Pilgrimage Pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a journey or search of great moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith...  to Galicia”	Galicia	Galicia	September 27, 2008
103	“Coasting Along in Galicia”	Galicia	Galicia	October 4, 2008
104	“Landmarks, Legends and the Lap of Luxury”	Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community) The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....	Basque Country	October 11, 2008
105	“Basking in Basque Country”	Basque Country	Basque Country	October 18, 2008
106	“Rockstar Michael Stipe John Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...  Surprise in Catalunya”	Catalonia Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...	Catalunya	October 25, 2008
107	“From the Sublime to the Surreal”	Catalonia	Catalunya	November 1, 2008
108	“A Sultan’s View of Andalucía”	Andalucia	Andalucia	November 8, 2008
109	“Castillian Hog Heaven”	Castile & León Castile and León Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...	Castile and León	November 15, 2008
110	“Gawking at Gaudí Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.Much of Gaudí's work was...  and Asturian Adventures”	Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Catalonia, and Castile & León	Asturias, Catalunya, Castile and León	November 23, 2008
111	“Island Hopping Island hopping Island hopping is a term that refers to the means of crossing an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, as opposed to a single journey directly across the ocean to the destination.- Forms :... ”	Balearic Islands Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...	Balearic Islands	November 29, 2008
112	“Pure Paella Paella Paella is a Valencian rice dish that originated in its modern form in the mid-19th century near lake Albufera, a lagoon in Valencia, on the east coast of Spain. Many non-Spaniards view paella as Spain's national dish, but most Spaniards consider it to be a regional Valencian dish... ”	Valencia Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain located in central and south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Valencia...  and Madrid	Valencia Madrid	December 6, 2008
113	“Madrid and the End of the Road”	Madrid	Madrid	December 13, 2008

Other media

In October 2008, HarperCollins

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 published a hardcover companion book, Spain… A Culinary Road Trip written by Batali, Paltrow, and Julia Turshen.

The 13-episode series was released as a 4-disc 16×9 NTSC

NTSC

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DVD set in January 2009.

External links

• Official website
• Spain on the Road Again in the UK