Farewell To The Original Domestic Goddess

We pay tribute to icon Margaret Fulton, who inspired a generation of home cooks

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Margaret Fulton was, and always will be, the true blue queen of Australian home cooking. Over her career spanning multiple decades, the fun-loving, caring, free-spirited and one-time Woman’s Day Food Editor has whet our palettes with tantalising treats and made our tummies rumble with her scrumptious recipes.

But on July 24, millions of Aussies shed a tear for Margaret, who sadly passed away, aged 94.

The celebrated cook and author, best known for the ground-breaking Margaret Fulton Cookbook – which was first published in 1968 – was the friendly face of Aussie cooking long before celebrity chefs like Curtis Stone and Neil Perry put us on the international map.

“What Margaret did so successfully was to introduce restaurant-style recipes to the home cook in an era when most families were cooking meat and three veg,” says