Ms Fulton died on Wednesday.

Born in Scotland, her family moved to Glen Innes in the 1920s, with father Alexander Fulton, typically known as "Sandy", becoming one of the town's tailors, with a shop on the main street. Margaret was just 3.

After school she moved to the Sydney suburb of Balmain. Margaret Fulton became a household name with the Margaret Fulton Cookbook in 1968 while editing the food section of Women's Day, introducing Australia to flavours from Spain, China and more.

Margaret Fulton maintained her connection with Glen Innes, and traveled back once in a blue moon. Her last publicised visit was for the 2010 Glen Innes show, where she caught up with former classmates from Glen Innes High School, and talked cooking with a crowd of 120.

One of her teachers, Doris Whan, was flown to Sydney as a surprise guest on This Is Your Life to talk about her school years at Red Range public school.

Doris has since passed away, but her daughter remembered the occasion - though she can't find the video.

She speculated Margaret could have been influenced by living in a community with easy access to quality fresh food made locally.

In 2010 she spoke to the Examiner about growing up in a community so much wealthier than her home country of Scotland.

"My brothers had never seen so much food in their lives, and one of my brothers started crying. Someone said, 'What's the matter John', and he said, 'Alex's eating more cake than I am', and someone said, 'well you can have some more,' and he said, 'but I can't fit it in'."

Marianne Coleman was invited to her house through her daughter Amber, a long-time assistant to Ms Fulton.

She described a "very private person" who "loved her family".

Her Balmain house was "right on the harbour - you could see the harbour bridge from the living room".

Glen Innes history house museum manager Eve Chappell kindly shared photographs and information for this story.

The History House is planning to hold a 60s throwback fundraiser featuring "a Margaret Fulton inspired dinner" in October.