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" Sure, they have millions of dollars, travel via Mercedes, and think nothing of jetting off to exotic locales in search of a good meal. But that&amp;#039;s not the half of it. Here&amp;#039;s seven more reasons you clear your schedule when Mario (and Gwyn) comes calling 1. Carne-val Paltrow&amp;#039;s a long-time vegetarian (remember her ridiculous macrobiotic phase?), but that just means more chorizo for you! In an interview with People, she says she hasn&amp;#039;t eaten &amp;quot;anything from a four-footed animal&amp;quot; since she was about 15 and will only touch seafood in a country famous for meat, meat, and more meat. Totally someone you&amp;#039;d want to hit the tapas bars with, right? At least she&amp;#039;ll have baby eels, octopus (I guess if it has eight arms and no feet, it looks good to Gwyn!), and all that delicious Spanish cheese. 2. Star Power Not only do you get the best seat in the house, you also get to hang out with a posse of famous friends like Michael Stipe and Frank Gehry. And then there&amp;#039;s Mar-Gwyn&amp;#039;s not-too-shabby traveling companions, cookbook author and New York Times writer Mark Bittman and Spanish actor Claudia Bassols. 3. Adventure Mario&amp;#039;s unbridled appetite will lead you to culinary experiences you can&amp;#039;t find in any guidebook. He and his sidekicks hit up restaurants in the woods, dig for almeja (clams) in the coastal city of Cambados, and visit a farm in Salamanca where black-footed pigs are raised for Ib\u00E9rico ham. 4. Access Mario knows everyone worth knowing in the Spanish culinary scene. So you&amp;#039;re not just getting amazing meals from famous chefs like Ferran Adri\u00E1 and Carme Ruscalleda-you&amp;#039;re actually dining with them, or even cooking alongside them in their kitchens. 5. Excess Next to eating, drinking is Gwyn-io&amp;#039;s favorite pastime (methinks Ms. Paltrow is under some major peer pressure). Whether guzzling liquid nitrogen cocktails or artisanal cava, it&amp;#039;s a constant happy hour traveling with these two. Luckily Mario&amp;#039;s exceptionally talented at finding the most decadent hangover cures, like cocido, a stew of garbanzo beans and assorted animal parts. Yummy! 6. Food fights You get to partake in spontaneous Iron Chef-style cooking throwdowns. And as you&amp;#039;ll see, Gwyneth is handier in the kitchen than you might think. 7. Self-Esteem No matter how much paella you consume, you&amp;#039;ll always feel svelte standing next to Mario. Gwyneth, not so much. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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