She had a look around – spicy grilled shrimp on corn crisp, beef tenderloin and bleu cheese wonton with spicy raspberry dip, vanilla roasted pears with goat cheese spread, lemon basmati rice, brie and raspberry jam in puff pastry, assortment of pineapple, cantaloupe, grapes, strawberries and honeydew with yogurt dip – and while her boyfriend threw himself headlong on the silver trays, she mulled over her glass of cava, quite sure that what she was witnessing was a conspiracy to her overly close-fitting velvet dress.