"I once read a story about Thomas Jefferson being the first to bring pomegranate to the United States," says Todd Thrasher, who created this recipe, which was first featured in the November/December 2007 issue of Imbibe. At the time, Thrasher, now a rum distiller, was with the now-closed Restaurant Eve is in Virginia, which he noted was home to Jefferson. "And Virginia is home to Southern Comfort," he added.