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Why does a Burger Snob blow his stack when someone refers to a slider as a “mini-hamburger”? Why, because a slider, to be called a slider, must adhere to a specific set of criteria that go well beyond the mere miniaturization of a burger! October 01, 2008 More Food Snobbery »
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UC-Davis. Branch of the University of California that, since shortly after the repeal of Prohibition, has been the home of the foremost American academic institution devoted to the making and study of wine, the Department of Viticulture and Enology (V&E in Snob shorthand). Long derided by Snobs, especially of the TERROIR-ist variety, for promulgating a scientific, machine-age, high-yield approach to winemaking that resulted in the California jug-wine boom of the midcentury, UC-Davis has more recently become a Snob-admired haven for wonky progressivists such as the professor who created the WINE AROMA WHEEL. As such, the V&E department is now handsomely endowed by the Mondavi family, the Wine Spectator, and other major wine players. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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