Shaken, stirred and sketchy

WAMC’s Joe Donahue joined Devin McEwan and Sandra Boynton at the White Hart Inn in Salisbury on Nov. 13 to discuss the mother-son duo’s new book of holiday tipples, aptly titled “Extremely Happy Holidays.” Pleasantly buzzed guests swilled bubbles, wine and festive cocktails as McEwan explained how the book came to be: “I don’t know if it’s peer pressure if your mom is doing the pressuring,” he said of Boynton, his universally beloved illustrator and humorist mother. Boynton contributed her pictographic and design skills to McEwan’s dry humor and less-dry recipes for a snappy catalog of cocktails. The book is available at Oblong Books.