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Openings

Hotly anticipated Avner’s opens

Highly anticipated Surry Hills bakery Avner’s has opened its doors. The new bagel ship and bakery from “Fast” Ed Halmagyi – of Better Homes and Gardens fame...

Industry

World’s oldest fermented bread found in Anatolia

Archaeologists have discovered what is thought to be the oldest fermented bread sample. Discovered at the famous ancient Anatolian city of Catalhoyuk, the bread was found during...

Events

Winners are grinners at Newcastle Baking Show

Newcastle Baking Show was the place to be this week, when 61 bakeries from right across New South Wales converged on the Baking Association of Australia baking...

Openings

The Library Bakery starts a new chapter

Melbourne-based bakery The Library Bakery has written the book when it comes to creating atmosphere. The hole-in-the-wall shop, located in Brunswick East, is the brainchild of Aileen...

Recipe

Kourabiedes with pecans and chocolate chips

Tessa Kiros shares how to make delicious kourabiedes with pecans and chocolate chips in her cookbook, Now and Then. ...

Supplier

Nuts about pecans

Considered a foraged delicacy in the 19th century, pecans have grown in both popularity and commercially in the intervening years. Baking Business sat down with Kootingal Pecan...

Recipe

Macca Sacca

Nothing about this flavour combination is ground-breaking. But sometimes they don’t have to be. A few aphorisms spring to mind; ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’,...

Industry

EOI: nine decades of excellence

Since the 1930s Edible Oil Industries (EOI) has not only been one of Australia’s leading baking margarine and shortening suppliers, but also one of the industry’s staunchest...