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#70224 - 09/10/08 04:48 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
laduque Executive Member Registered: 10/02/00 Posts: 596 Loc: San Diego, CA, USA	I checked out the listing for here in SD and it is going to air back to back with Jose Andres' show on Spanish food in America! A great 1 1/2 of Saturda tv.
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#70225 - 09/10/08 08:48 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
esperanza Executive Member Registered: 01/06/01 Posts: 775 Loc: New York City	I think this is going to be great fun to watch! Thanks for reminding us about it starting up next week. The website is also great. I bet they really enjoyed filming this series. I would LOVE to do what they did!
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#70226 - 09/11/08 06:17 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
laduque Executive Member Registered: 10/02/00 Posts: 596 Loc: San Diego, CA, USA	I am excited that this amazing cuisine will hopefully be brought to the attention of many Americans! Many "regulars" on this board are all deeply passionate about Spanish food and it may take a superstar actress and celebrity chef to finally bring the flavors to the spotlight. I can't tell you how many people think that Spanish food is the same as Mexican food or that if a restaurant serves "tapas" they automatically think all is Spanish. My brother in law (you know, the restauranteur) says the buzz in the business is that Spanish cuisine is the next great trend in the U.S.
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#70227 - 09/11/08 11:27 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
la historiadora Executive Member Registered: 10/16/06 Posts: 342	Thanks for the reminder! I sent myself an email reminder so that I won't forget to watch it. Laduque, I can certainly empathize with you when people think that Spanish food and Mexican food are the same. While I am a huge fan of Mexican food -and we have some of the best here- it's sometimes annoying that people confuse the two. And, we have lots of "small plates" restaurants around town: Spanish small plates, Japanese small plates, Italian small plates, etc. Fortunately there are some very good and well-known Spanish restaurants so many people are familiar with Spanish food and appreciate it.
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#70228 - 09/15/08 09:59 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
Diana Member Registered: 06/18/00 Posts: 506 Loc: Pennsylvania, USA	Wow - apparently Gwyneth and Mario will be on Oprah on Wednesday, 9/19, cooking and talking about Spain. Oprah! The official site for the program has come a long way since I first saw it. It's got great information in it. I especially like the info on restaurants... what a great resource. The recipes, too, although I don't know what to think about using pizza dough to make an empanada.
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#70229 - 09/21/08 08:15 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
la historiadora Executive Member Registered: 10/16/06 Posts: 342	So, for those of you who watched the show, what did you think? I thought the scenery was beautiful and the food looks great. But, I'm not sure the writing was very good as I didn't exactly feel glued to the TV; it seemed a bit slow at times. I know I will continue to watch it, of course, as I can't wait to see the other places they visit. And, how great that Antonio Carmona is one of the musicians with Willie Nelson as they sing "On the Road Again" flamenco style for the theme song?
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#70230 - 09/21/08 09:24 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
esperanza Executive Member Registered: 01/06/01 Posts: 775 Loc: New York City	Ditto! I agree 100%. I was disappointed, but maybe because I was expecting too much. There seemed to be too much of the four hosts "bonding" and I wanted to see more of Spain. The scenery was beautiful, but that was to be expected, right? It is Spain! I hope that this first episode is when they just bonded, and now they can get on to more of Spain and Spanish cooking.
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#70231 - 09/21/08 11:51 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
laduque Executive Member Registered: 10/02/00 Posts: 596 Loc: San Diego, CA, USA	Our local PBS station is right in the middle of their membership drive, so according to the schedule, I won't be able to watch this new show until Thursday at 10pm. Worth staying up for only for the fact that it is Spain. I think I may be a bit dissapointed as well. I saw Paltrow and Batali on Oprah last week, and it felt more about the bonding and famous people, than of Spain! Paltrow did tell the Iberian-ignorant Oprah that she wanted to show Spain to Americans because all Americans know of European cuisine is French and Italian, I couldn't agree more! Thanks for reporting on the show ladies!
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#70232 - 09/22/08 03:10 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
MadridMan Executive Member Registered: 05/06/00 Posts: 9080 Loc: Madrid, Spain (was Columbus, O...	Even EFE (Spanish news agency) has picked up on the story. Read the entire article, in Spanish, HERE . Quote: Gwyneth Paltrow prefiere los berberechos a la morcilla o el jam�n ib�rico EFE - lunes, 22 de septiembre, 03.54 Nueva York, 22 sep (EFE).- La actriz estadounidense Gwyneth Paltrow, quien hoy present� en Nueva York la serie "Spain...on the road again", sobre la gastronom�a espa�ola, asegur� que prefiere degustar un buen plato de berberechos antes que morcilla o jam�n ib�rico. Paltrow dijo en declaraciones a EFE que entre sus platos preferidos de la cocina espa�ola est�n los berberechos, las anchoas, el queso manchego o la paella, y que ahora prefiere no comer morcilla o jam�n, como sol�a hacer cuando viv�a de adolescente en la localidad de Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). "Cuando ten�a 15 a�os com�a jam�n todos los d�as. Mi padre es granjero y ten�a jam�n de pata negra, y yo com�a de todo, hasta morcilla", explic� la actriz ganadora de un Oscar por la pel�cula "Shakespeare in love" en relaci�n a esa estancia en casa de una familia espa�ola. "Ahora no he comido carne desde hace quince a�os", asever� Paltrow, quien ha grabado trece cap�tulos de un nuevo programa en la televisi�n p�blica estadounidense PBS que pretende acercar la geograf�a y la gastronom�a espa�ola a los televidentes de EEUU. _________________________ Visit BarcelonaMan.com for Barcelona information, Transportation, Lodging, & much MUCH more! Curious about what could POSSIBLY be inside the brain of MadridMan? Visit MadridMan's Madrid Blog
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#70233 - 09/22/08 04:03 PM Re: Gwyneth Paltrow's food tour in Spain
steve robinson Executive Member Registered: 02/23/06 Posts: 1158 Loc: Hastings Old Town , England .	What were the producers thinking of when hiring Paltrow who doesn't eat meat !!!! I have nothing against vegetarians ( usually ) , but for a food programme surely you should have someone who's prepared to try almost anything ? I always go back to this idea that If ever a vegetarian is invited to a dinner party then , usually , the hosts will accomodate them by providing something other than meat whilst if you go to a dinner party at a vegetarian's house the likelyhood is you will not be served a juicy ,bloody , steak hahaha ! I'm still interested as to how this Gwyneth Paltrow will be received in The States .
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