Margaret Fulton

For the Scottish occupational therapist, see Margaret Barr Fulton.

Margaret Fulton
Fulton at Entertainment Quarter, Fox Studios, Sydney, September 2012
Born(1924-10-06)6 October 1924
Nairn, County of Nairn, Scotland
Died24 July 2019(2019-07-24) (aged 94)
Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Culinary career
Television show(s)
  • Recipes from the Duchess of Duke Street
Award(s) won

Margaret Isobel Fulton OAM (6 October 1924 – 24 July 2019)[2] was a Scottish-born Australian food and cooking writer, journalist, author and commentator. She was the first of this genre of writers in Australia.[2]

Fulton's early recipes encouraged Australians to alter their traditional staple of "meat and three vegetables" and to be creative with food. She encouraged international cuisine from places such as Spain, Italy, India and China. As the cookery editor of the Woman's Day magazine, she "brought these into Australian homes through her articles."[3]

Although she did some television work, Fulton mainly concentrated on writing, because she felt it was her higher talent.[2]

  1. ^ "Food Legend Margaret Fulton Has Passed Away at the Age of 94". Broadsheet. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Margaret Fulton – Interview". Australian Biography. National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference epicure03 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).