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Bonné Hates on Flavor-Hating Wine Snobs; Slim Jims’ Plant Comes Back Online

• Wine critic Jon Bonné takes on the “flavor haters” who attack California and Australian wines as being too fruit-forward, concluding “we find in wine what we want to find.” [Chron]

• Little City Gardens, a backyard farm near 18th & Guerrero, quickly raises $10,000 to expand its operations. [SFoodie]

• Oakland gets a new saloon, the Heart & Dagger. [Oakland Tribune]

• Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a link between the hormone leptin and emotional eating after weight loss. [NPR]

• Slim Jims’ North Carolina plant is back up and running after a fatal explosion last summer. [NYP]

• Green tea may help prevent eye diseases. [Top News]

• Vietnam’s beer scene is on the rise. [NYT]

• The federal government launched a program on Friday to encourage supermarkets to open in low-income areas. [Reuters]

Bonné Hates on Flavor-Hating Wine Snobs; Slim Jims’ Plant Comes Back