How stormy and cold is it at the moment? We’re well and truly in the grip of winter, which means it’s time to get busy with warming comfort foods. Our new issue is on sale now at Coles Supermarkets and newsagents (that’s the cover, to the right of the screen), and inside there’s everything you’ll need to keep your friends and family toasty from the inside out. There are 16 pages of casseroles (half of them can be on the table in an hour or less, so you won’t be stuck in the kitchen for too long!), more than 20 fave ways with spuds, plus a special peek inside Margaret Fulton’s kitchen as she prepares an entertaining feast – including Sticky Date Pud and Brandy Snaps. Yum. If you want to have a look at the behind the scenes photos from the shoot day, take a look at our album (right).  

And by the way, how cool would it be to have Margaret as your mum? Our food director, Suzanne, is Margaret’s daughter, and just the other night after battling to get home in the rain, she had nothing for dinner. So she popped a few doors down to her mum’s place where Margaret prepared an impromptu feast that she’s still raving about – great quality ingredients prepared simply and with love are always the best. So check out this month’s Australian Table for inspiring ways to take care of your loved ones this month.

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