Author Archives: Scott Perry
The Boulevardier
The Boulevardier is a Negroni that swapped its gin jacket for a wool one and
The Hugo Spritz
The Hugo is the Aperol Spritz's quieter, more sophisticated cousin, and it is the drink
The French 75
The French 75 is what you pour when the afternoon gets formal. A long flute
The Moscow Mule
The Moscow Mule is the drink that quietly fixes a hot Australian evening. Ginger, lime,
The Martini
The Martini is not a cocktail, it is a mood. It is the drink you
Prawn laksa with coconut and lime
Laksa is the dinner that turns a Tuesday around. Fifty minutes from start to slurp,
Slow-roasted pork belly with proper crackling
Crackling, when it works, is the best mouthful in home cooking. Full stop. The sound
Spaghetti vongole with white wine and chilli
Vongole is the Italian answer to the question, can dinner taste like the ocean and
Rib-eye steak with proper chimichurri
The steak dinner you cook on a Tuesday to remind yourself that life is not
Sunday roast chicken with lemon, garlic and thyme
A whole roast chicken is the dinner that tells you whether you can cook. Not
The Daiquiri
The Daiquiri is the three-ingredient cocktail that separates people who know what they are doing
The Manhattan
The Manhattan is the drink for grown-ups who eat proper dinners. It is strong, it
The Cosmopolitan
The Cosmopolitan is a drink that got unfairly dated by one TV show. Carrie Bradshaw
The Pina Colada
The Pina Colada got ruined by resort bars. Somewhere between 1987 and last Tuesday we
The Mojito
The Mojito is the drink you make when it is 32 degrees, the barbecue is
What to pour with Mexican food
There are three great truths about Mexican food and drink in Australia. First: we still
What to pour with Italian food
Italian food is the easiest cuisine in the world to pair and the easiest cuisine
What to pour with Indian food
The last ten years of Australian dining have been quietly shaped by Indian food. Indian
Whole grilled snapper with charred corn salsa
Most Australians under 40 have never grilled a whole fish. Which is a crime against
Roast pumpkin, sage and ricotta lasagne
If there was a list of dinners guaranteed to make people say "oh my god"
Thai green curry with chicken thighs, the home version
This is the curry I make when the week is winning and I have forty
Pappardelle with slow beef and pork ragu
If you only learn one pasta sauce in your life, make it this one. Bolognese
Proper butter chicken, the home kitchen version
Butter chicken is the curry most people order when they cannot decide what to order.
Pork carnitas tacos with pickled red onion
There are dinners that come out of the kitchen on a big platter and the
Slow-braised lamb shoulder with red wine and rosemary
There is a category of dinner where you accept that you are going to lose
Aperol Spritz
You could argue the Aperol Spritz was invented in a Venetian piazza in 1919. You
Whisky Sour
A proper Whisky Sour is one of the best-made cocktails in the world and one
Paloma
Australia adopted the Margarita. Mexico drinks the Paloma. The Margarita gets the press. The Paloma
Gin and Tonic
The Gin and Tonic is the most quietly ruined drink in the country. Every pub
Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned is the cocktail equivalent of a well-cut blazer. Four ingredients, no hiding
Espresso Martini
The Espresso Martini is Australia's dessert cocktail. You will argue with that statement, then you
The Negroni
The Negroni is the cocktail for people who think they do not like cocktails. Three
Classic Margarita
The margarita is the cocktail most Australian home cooks already know they can make, and