Watch “Spain…on the Road Again.”

Chef Mario Batali took a road trip through Spain with his three friends Mark Bittman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Claudia Bassols.  Mark Bittman, some of you may know, is a food columnist (The Minimalist) for the New York Times  and the author of the How to Cook Everything series of books.  Gwyneth Paltrow is the Academy Award-winning star of Shakespeare in Love.  Claudia Bassols is a divinely beautiful Spanish actress from Catalonia.

Spain…on the Road Again is a twelve-part series airing on PBS.  In this show, Mario and friends do just what I would want to do on a vacation in Spain.  They go from place to place, riding around in Mercedes-Benz convertibles, sampling the glorious food and wine of various regions of Spain.  I highly recommend this series to you, dear reader.  Check your local listings or the show’s website (http://spainontheroadagain.com/index.shtml) to find out when to watch.  This series has a companion cookbook and an upcoming DVD set.

See the video below.