Posted on 03/12/05
We'll take manhattans
Mondo Cocktail: A Shaken and Stirred History By Christine Sismondo McArthur & Company,250 pages, $24.95Christmas is fast approaching, and with it, the dilemma of what to give the less likable people in our lives: office mates, ex-spouses, born-again Christians. You could enroll them in the Potato of the Month Club, something my friend Nancy once did to her in-laws. You could give them exactly the same thing you gave last year, as clear a signal as any that your relationship is safely stuck in neutral. Or you could give them a pretty little book about a frivolous topic: Toronto writer Christine Sismondo's charming Mondo Cocktail.
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