$40 a Day

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$40 a Day
Title card from 2002 to 2003
Genre	Travel, food
Created by	Rachael Ray
Starring	Rachael Ray
Theme music composer	Jonathan Merrill Killer Tracks
Opening theme	"Money Money Money"
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	77
Production
Executive producers	Allison Page Tara Sandler Jennifer Davidson Scott Templeton
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Pie Town Productions
Original release
Network	Food Network
Release	April 1, 2002 (2002-04-01) – December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)
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$40 a Day was a Food Network show hosted by Rachael Ray. In each episode, Ray takes a one-day trip to an American, Canadian, or European city with only $40 US, to spend on food. While touring the city, she finds restaurants to go to (often based on local recommendations), 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, five months after the debut of 30 Minute Meals, making it her second show on the Food Network. Some 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, as noted by Anthony Bourdain.^[1] In 2010, The Travel Channel began airing reruns of the show. As of 2013, the show is no longer in reruns on the Travel Channel.