Introduction

I’m delighted to share with you a lifetime’s collection of recipes in this new edition of Margaret Fulton’s Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery, a book of which I am very proud.

Ever since the 1983 edition was published, readers have been telling me it’s the first book they reach for when they need to find an ingredient or recipe. I do the same.

This was a book I just had to write, and was borne out of a desire to record my years of notes about the foods we use in everyday cooking: details to consider when buying ingredients, basic and unusual ways to prepare foods, as well as recipes and dishes that I have learned from dedicated cooks all over the world.

This edition reveals our changing food trends and includes the diversity of ingredients now commonly available in Australia.

I have always believed that good food and good cooking are part of all that’s best in life, and hope to encourage a new generation of curious and interested cooks.

Happy cooking.

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