Margaret Fulton
by Lewis Morley
colour photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery

Margaret Fulton OBE (b.1924) is Australia ’s best-known cookery writer. Fulton, who has taught generations of Australians to cook, began her career in the 1950s writing for women’s magazines. Her first cookbook, with recipes that extended from boiling an egg to creating a four-course dinner, was published in 1968 and has since sold over 1.5 million copies, becoming a kitchen staple. A revised version of the Margaret Fulton Cookbook was released this year. One of the world’s best selling cookery writers, Fulton was until recently the food editor of New Idea. It was not only the recipes but also an ability to communicate with her readers that made Fulton a trusted and authoritative kitchen companion. She says, “What I do comes from the heart”.

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