Day four: How to throw a party - The Spanish way

1. Choose a summer night, with a serene sky, light refreshing breeze and a sunset that lingers on until 10pm.
2. In the garden set up few tables and scatter all around candles of various colours.
3. One hour before the party starts, prepare one of the tables to welcome your guests with starters and aperitifs. Make sure there is choice between: black&green olives (different in size and quality), nuts – pistachios, almonds and peanuts- sandwiches, guacamole + tortillas, crisps, chorizo and salami, cheese. The choice of drinks should follow the types of food offered. In this specific case: beer, caipirihna, Pimms (!!!!), wine, soft drinks.
4. Once your guests have enjoyed the starters (it will take them half an hour or so), ask them to sit down at the main table. Let them wait for 20 minutes before serving the feast of fish and meat you have been preparing for two days. Always make sure that the amount of food can feed twice the people you have invited.
As an extra courtesy to your guest, you should check that the wine glass is always full and if any of the guest complains because of a lack of the nectar of Gods, surprise them with a very special bottle.
5. Let your guest eat at their pleasure. Don’t forget that the offer of a slice of cake and coffee will never be declined.
6. Let your guests drink, eat, smoke, chat as long as they wish. They should never go home before 2am.