We hope he drank the scotch before adding the H! On New Year's Eve customs officials stopped Miami man Wilfer Bohorquez Rojo, 53, as he allegedly tried to smuggle 25 pounds of heroin from Medillin, Colombia, to Newark Airport. At first authorities just thought he had smuggled the drugs in "packages of plastic flags and between glued photographs" but further inspection found he'd filled four Chivas Royal Salute scotch bottles with "packages of a substance that also tested positive for heroin, according to the agency." more ›

Earlier this year we chatted with Rachel Maddow (MSNBC host, swine flu survivor and cocktail aficionado) about many things, including the search for the perfect pre-prohibition Scotch drink. At the time, she told us, "Scotch is used in very few cocktails, but when it is used, it can be very effective. So I'm very interested in trying to figure out what's beyond the Blood and Sand in terms of Scotch in cocktails." more ›

In his cookbook called Mantra, which was released last month, Graffiti chef-owner Jehangir Mehta includes a recipe for a cocktail he calls “Barley Legal,” a cheeky mix of ultra-healthy barley water and Johnny Walker. "This drink is dedicated to all the young celebrities out there," the chef writes, introducing the recipe. And it’s probably a sincere note of acknowledgment, coming at the tail end of book filled with new and understated ideas about food. The recipes depict Mehta sneaking sweet Kahlúa into bitter chicory soufflé, loading Financiers with fenugreek, and reimagining Yorkshire pudding laced with duck fat and turmeric. In line with Mehta’s resume, most of the botanical-crazy recipes in Mantra are pastry chef centric, and many are vegetarian. The book carries a blurb from Mehmet Oz. more ›