I just couldn’t let it go.

And although it was relatively “last minute” I just had to celebrate my brother’s 50th with SOMETHING.

So, I hatched a plan and gathered the team.

A Spanish themed buffet meal:
*Slow cooked roast pork with cider and thyme;
*Silverbeet, raisin and pine nuts;
*Grilled vegetables;
*Potato and chickpeas with Spanish sherry vinaigrette;
*Traditional family coleslaw

A communal table, sheeted with butchers paper, felt tip markers supplied for everyone to draw a picture–a nod to my brother’s cartooning and artistic talents:

And, of course, the birthday cake:
*Vintage Port
*Chocolate,almond and quince torte with orange scented cream.

Family, feast and fifty…