About this season
$40 a Day is a Food Network show hosted by Rachael Ray. In each episode, Rachael takes a one-day trip to an American, Canadian, or European city with only US$40 to spend on food. While touring the city, she finds restaurants to go to, and usually manages to fit three meals and some sort of snack or after-dinner drink into her small budget. The show premiered on April 1, 2002, some five months after the debut of 30 Minute Meals, making it her second Food Network show. Production is currently on hiatus. Clips are sometimes used in Ray's later series, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels. Another Food Network series, Giada's Weekend Getaways starring Giada De Laurentiis, is similar in format. The show is currently being rerun on The Travel Channel.
Episodes (26)
1. Los Angeles
Aired 24 April 2002 • 30 min
2. San Francisco
Aired 22 May 2002 • 30 min
3. Napa
Aired 8 May 2002 • 30 min
4. Monterey
Aired 15 May 2002 • 30 min
5. Orlando
Aired 29 May 2002 • 30 min
6. The Keys
Aired 1 May 2002 • 30 min
7. Miami, Florida
Aired 12 June 2002 • 30 min
8. Vancouver, Canada
Aired 15 May 2002 • 30 min
9. Seattle, Washington
Aired 5 June 2002 • 30 min
10. Portland, Oregon
Aired 26 June 2002 • 30 min
11. Las Vegas, NV
Aired 17 July 2002 • 30 min
12. San Diego, CA
Aired 10 July 2002 • 30 min
13. Santa Barbara, CA
Aired 28 July 2002 • 30 min
14. Paris
Aired 2 October 2002 • 30 min
15. Brussles, Belgium
Aired 12 February 2003 • 30 min
16. Amsterdam
Aired 9 October 2002 • 30 min
17. Rome, Italy
Aired 14 August 2002 • 30 min
18. Tuscany, Italy
Aired 6 November 2002 • 30 min
19. Florence, Italy
Aired 23 October 2002 • 30 min
20. Savannah, GA
21. Charleston, SC
Aired 28 October 2002 • 30 min
22. Atlanta, GA
Aired 4 December 2002 • 30 min
23. Washington, D.C.
Aired 29 January 2003 • 30 min
24. Philadelphia
Aired 15 January 2003 • 30 min
25. New York City
Aired 8 January 2003 • 30 min
26. Cooperstown
Aired 16 October 2002 • 30 min