spanish long lunch w baker lou & friends

i love planning menus....always have - some have worked over the years others have not....it can depend on how much i drink & how the girls are behaving.....anyway i have wanted to do a spanish themed long lunch for a while.  i invited 4 friends (including baker lou), wrote the menu & had fun sourcing the ingredients & preparing.....by the time my guests arrived @ 1pm the table was set, spanish guitar music was playing & i was sipping a glass of spanish sherry...i could not decide which pictures to exclude so put most of them in!!! recipes are not included as i referred to the spanish website for insipiration & advice http://www.spanishfood.about.com/

my spanish menu included

grilled bread w white anchovies, sliced jamon, 12mth aged manchego & stracchino cheese

black olives

potato tortilla w roasted red & yellow peppers

pan-fried garlic portobello mushrooms

smoked paprika meatballs w sweet tomato sauce

white beans, chorizo, white wine & tomato - "alubias blancas con chorizo "

fried cauliflower, chickpea & lemon spinach salad

dessert by baker lou

baked blackberry tart

sticky date cake w butterscotch sauce