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US users can now download the Milk app from Google Play. It works on most of Samsung's Galaxy line of phones, Samsung on Friday unveiled a new free music service for its phones that it touts as a significant improvement from the apps already on the market.

Fresh thyme's calming flavor is the perfect complement to a cozy, refreshing cocktail.

One of Fairfield's newest restaurants knows how to mix things up, quite literally.

Recently, I bartended for the 50th birthday party of my good friend and fellow Straw Hat Barman, George Jenkins.

According to bartenders, the Moscow Mule is so over. Thrillist spoke to 15 of the top bartenders and assembled a list of the drinks they think have trended themselves to death and those that deserve a little recognition.

Recently, Food & Drink visited local spots searching for menu items that made better eating and drinking not just a healthful duty but also a flavorful pleasure.

If you dropped a visitor off on Northeast 30th Avenue near Killingsworth Street and told them to walk north, past Yakuza, the sleek izakaya, and Beast, where Naomi Pomeroy holds court, and along past the welcoming windows of Cocotte, Wilder, Autentica and D.O.C., they could easily assume that Portland was the greatest restaurant city in America.

The restaurant, opening at the end of March, will be helmed be none other than Giorgio Rapicavoli and Alex Casanova, the adventurous team behind Eating House in Coral Gables.

Back in the early 2000s a few bartenders expanded our use of bitters from a few spare dashes to upwards of a whole ounce in cocktails such as the Trinidad Especial and the Trinidad Sour .

Pros: The ambiance is more elevated than your typical local haunt, but it's still casual enough for patrons to feel comfortable settling into a booth with a laptop for an afternoon break.

Suzanne Long has broken her silence on what she's up to in Oakland's former Disco Volante space, which has been dark since last August .

The Trappe Door has a limited offering of cocktails at the bar -- and is quite pleased about that.

In our local beach communities, it seems that most people are either New Orleans area ex-pats, or people who love to visit there.

While the Nations capitol is still covered in snow, the start of cherry blossom season is just around the corner.

Haven Gastropub has been in its Old Pasadena home for just more than two years. Its sister restaurant in Old Towne Orange is nearing 5 years old.

My favorite thing about fancy parties? They almost always include a shrimp cocktail appetizer -- platters of giant, plump shrimp just waiting to be dunked into a piquant cocktail sauce.

Slater's 50/50 is a small chain of restaurants with six locations from Pasadena to San Diego, centered in Orange County .

While we noticed Asian-inspired cocktails making a showing from both Clever Koi and The Gladly at Devour's Bartending Competition , one Valley bartender is infusing the flavors of the East into every cocktail he makes.

Last week, I came across a promising looking bottle of extra virgin olive oil.* It came in a dark bottle , and its label boasted "fruit flavor" with "a hint of grass."

Sweet thai chili chicken, grilled onions and mushrooms, provolone cheese, fresh broccoli and tomatoes, mayonnaise and finished with a balsamic glaze drizzle.