Featuring three basic ingredients: food that would make Fortnum & Mason quiver a guest list that Jay Leno would kill for plus the unique hostess that is Celia in all her glory-the combined result is. But then I met Celia and experienced a Reighton Thanksgiving, which is, like so many other things Celia does, truly a sight to behold. It seemed like such an odd, archaic excuse for a big meal and, when I asked people about it, nobody could quite explain it in a way that made sense to me. OK, time to be honest here: I really didn’t get the concept of Thanksgiving when I first came to America. It seems to get more magical and sparkly with every week that passes through September and October into November and Thanksgiving. It’s something I loved about Boston and I thought I wouldn’t see it when I moved to New York but, to my delight, New York ‘does’ autumn so well.

“It’s one of my favourite times of the year-especially walking in Central Park when all the trees are exhibiting their colours.

Fairytale of new york miranda dickinson