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. Vermont on $40 a Day
Aired 23 April 2003 • 30 min
2. Cape Cod
Aired 14 May 2003 • 30 min
3. Boston
Aired 28 May 2003 • 30 min
4. Oahu, HI on $40 a Day
Aired 30 April 2003 • 30 min
5. Big Island (Hawaii)
6. Maui, Hawaii
Aired 18 June 2003 • 30 min
7. Dallas, Texas
Aired 7 March 2003 • 30 min
8. Austin, TX
9. Corpus Christi
Aired 4 June 2003 • 30 min
10. Memphis, TN
11. New Orleans on $40 a Day
Aired 2 July 2003 • 30 min
12. Nashville on $40 a Day
13. Laguna Beach, CA
Aired 23 July 2003 • 30 min
14. Palm Springs
15. Sedona, Arizona
Aired 3 September 2003 • 30 min
16. Tucson, AZ
Aired 24 September 2003 • 30 min
17. Milwaukee, WI
18. Chicago, IL
Aired 8 October 2003 • 30 min
19. Cleveland
Aired 9 April 2004 • 30 min
20. Santa Fe
Aired 10 March 2004 • 30 min
21. Denver
22. Aspen
Aired 21 January 2004 • 30 min
23. Portland, Maine
Aired 25 February 2004 • 30 min
24. Montreal
Aired 10 December 2003 • 30 min
25. Adirondacks
Aired 2 April 2004 • 30 min
26. Saratoga, NY
Aired 16 April 2004 • 30 min