The original jam doughnuts of American Doughnut Kitchen are hard to beat.

From $2.20 doughnuts to cult chicken nuggets:Where to find Melbourne’s top 20 snacks

Whether you like your snacks palm-sized and less than $2 or built for sharing,this list from The Age Good Food Guide 2025 covers plenty of ground.

  • Claire Adey andEmma Breheny
Butter Boy cookies

Ditch the crummy imports – here’s where to find Sydney’s freshest and best cookies

American cookie chain Crumbl has announced plans to expand into Australia after a recent false start,but there are plenty of great local options to chew on already.

  • Isabel Cant andAndrea McGinniss
Point Leo General Store has been given a crisp interior while retaining its original bones.

A general store glow-up (with beaut baked goods) makes this coastal village even more appealing

Built back in 1948,the Point Leo General Store has new owners and a fresh new look. Plus coffee,pastries and pies bringing all the locals to the yard.

  • Simon Cassar
North Sydney has become a banh mi bonanza.

These are the six best things to eat and drink at North Sydney’s Victoria Cross Station

The Good Food team checked out the new food vendors at the metro line’s much anticipated new station. Here are their picks of the lunch bunch.

  • Callan Boys,Sarah Norris andBianca Hrovat
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Good Food columnist honoured at prestigious awards (and here are 20 of her best recipes to try)

Pioneers in non-alcoholic drinks,fine dining and Filipino gelato were among those inducted into this year’s Melbourne Food and Wine Hall of Fame.

  • Daniela Frangos
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Black Star Pastry’s signature watermelon cake.

No more strawberry-watermelon cake for Melbourne as Black Star departs

Citing tough trading conditions and the economic climate,the high-end cake shop is quitting Melbourne to focus on its Sydney stores.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The original jam doughnuts of American Doughnut Kitchen are now joined by new flavours at the second shop.

Queen Vic Market’s famous doughnut van sets up shop southside − plus more new market moves

Multimillion dollar renewal efforts have added stalls that sell Hong Kong-inspired desserts,regional Italian pizza and snacks made with market-fresh ingredients.

  • Emma Breheny
Semla’s Swedish-style cardamom buns.

Seven great bakeries have opened and (gasp!) they’re not in the inner north

There’s a playful bakehouse on a shopping centre rooftop,a patisserie blending French techniques and Middle Eastern flavours,and a Scandi spot that’s all about buns.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Stacks of simit,a sesame-studded bread ring that is a popular Turkish street food.

‘More Turkish than the ones in Turkey’:Melbourne bakery’s simit runs rings around the competition

No need to catch a plane. Drive north of the airport to Roxburgh Park instead to find this sesame-studded bread.

  • Dani Valent
Pat Cremean (right) is following in his father Terry’s footsteps at Pieman’s Son.

10 of the best bakery pies featuring a next-gen pieman from a Melbourne pastry dynasty

Thaw out with a hot,hearty pie – from old-school classics to fun and flavourful fillings – by one of Melbourne’s best bakers.

  • Daniela Frangos