“Because we go to exhaustive lengths to source flavors and ingredients, it’s important to us that these are experienced in one bite. Chopping is a qualitative measure we take, and the salad tastes better for it.” In the salad business, them’s fighting words. And thinks could get rough(age). From Bloomberg: Salad Leaders Weigh In on Chopped Versus Not-Chopped Controversy.

+ NY Mag: Are We Ready for Robot Sex? “What you learn about human desire when you get intimate with a piece of talking silicone.” (I’m guessing that the talking silicone will be more emotionally present and available than most of us are…)