The Mrs. Iselin Moscow Mule Mother’s Day is wonderful! Here’s to mums everywhere, even if Mater is a secret agent plotting to overthrow the U.S. government by turning her son into an assassin. How can you not admire the steel of Ms. Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate? Na Zdorovie! 

• 2 seditious ounces Prairie Organic Vodka (because it's passing as All-American, but has Russian ties)

• 1/2 freshly squeezed lime juice (squeeze that lime until it obeys your orders)

• 3 ounces Bundaberg ginger beer (or however much your fifth column likes)

• Garotte a lime, just for being a loose end (secret code for cut 1 lime wheel)

Your Mission: 1. Fill a copper Moscow Mule mug with Siberian ice, then splash in the vodka and lime juice, burble in the ginger beer, garnish with lime wheel. 2. Enjoy, and like the movie says: It is a terrible thing to hate your mother! —Rosa Klebb