Patricia talks you through the history of afternoon tea, how to have afternoon tea in your house, and the proper pronunciation of scone.

In preparation for that moment when the government decides you're now allowed to have 15-20 people in your house for a meal Patricia walks you through how to host a large supper party.

Patricia talks you through how to hold a dinner party. This episode look at the party itself, after you've chosen your guests, prepared the food, and are in the home stretch.

Patricia explains how you go about creating a menu for a dinner party, everything from what foods work well to how many deserts you'll need to prepare.

Patricia walks you through how you go about selecting guests for a dinner party, how many people you can bring, what types of people suit each other, and how to go about getting them to turn up on time.

A dinner party is a fantastic opportunity to sit down with friends, over food and wine, and to just enjoin their company. But for many people the idea of bringing people into their home and having to cook for a large number of people can be rather daunting. In this new short series of podcasts Patricia talks about the ins and outs of dinner parties: what they are, why you would want to have one, and how you go about selecting guests and actually holding a dinner party if you've never held one before.

Patricia shows you how to make a delicious home-made banana bread. She pairs it with In Dreams by Roy Orbeson.

Patricia shows you how to make a delicious Persian chicken with apricots and almonds, perfect served with couscous, a Greek salad and some pitta or flat-breads. She pairs it with The Swan, written by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Patricia shows you how to make Donal Skehan's crispy chicken and chickpea stew. She pairs it with Summertime, by George Gershwin.

Patricia show you how to make the a classic pork chop served with wild mushrooms and cider cream sauce. It's a perfect meal if you're looking for something special, that won't break the bank or push your cooking skills to the limit. She pairs it with English Country Garden, sung by Jimmie Rodgers.

Patricia shows you how to make Burmese chicken, a sweet and spicy chicken dish that is perfect for eating alone or for a dinner party. She pairs it with Frank Sinatra's version of the Road to Mandalay.

Patricia shows you how to make a Queen of Puddings, a sweet, fruity desert perfect for a hot summer day. She pairs it with Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

Patricia shows you how to make a beautifully flavorful shrimp in oyster sauce with ginger that's perfect with noodles or rice.

Patricia shows you how to make Coq au Riesling, the white wine version of the well known Coq au Vin. This version gives a much different, much more earthy flavour, and is fantastic with rice or a side salad.

A delicious spiced lamb koftas, served with flatbread, is the perfect choice for a dinner party. You should make it now so you know just how good it will be for when you can actually hold a dinner party that doesn't just consist of your family members.

Patricia shows you how to make the mindbogglingly good Chicken Marbella developed by the Silver Palate gourmet food shop in New York. She pairs it with Beautiful Noise by Neil Diamond.

Patricia shows you how to make an open apple tart with 2 different types of apple and with a little bit of a lemon kick.

Patricia shows you how to make a salmon kedgeree, an Indian inspired British dish from the 1800s, that can be eaten as a breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Patricia shows you how to stuff a cabbage in the Italian style. She pairs it with Amazing Grace by Andrea Bocelli.

Patricia shows you how to make beef stroganoff, a creamy beef dish of Russian origin. It's perfect comfort food. Patricia pairs it with Evening Bells, sung by Ivan Rebroff.