Free pizza for a year 🍕
Test your food sensitivity, enjoy a meal 15 miles up in the sky, find out sneaky ways we are consuming sugar and yes, learn how to get pizza for an year.
Good morning. Let’s talk dirty. From identifying soulmates, personality type, or love language, there's something about a good internet test that will never go out of style… And this Food Disgust Sensitivity test is no different.
This test claims to measure your threshold for taking risks by breaking up people’s disgust concerning food into eight distinct scales. The test helps determine your tolerance for sensations and circumstances that send you screaming towards a plunge pool of sanitizer or make you throw up.
Check out where you stand! Higher the score, the more likely you are to be grossed out easily. Feel free to reply to this email for a judgmental assessment of your score.
In the food world
🎈 Mile high club
If you're the kind of person who's been there and done that, we've got a brand-new experience for you — dining and drinking 15.5 miles above the Earth in space, minus the zero gravity. Zephalto, a French travel company specializing in low-carbon balloon travel, is set to launch luxury trips into the stratosphere in 2025. Along with an envious Zoom background, this 6-hour, $135,00 flight includes meals by famous French chefs, eclectic wines, free WiFi and peanuts/pretzels/cookies.
🚖 Uber Eats your leftovers
Ever have that sinking feeling of forgetting something or someone in an Uber? You're not alone. Last week, Uber released its annual Lost & Found Index, which included some very interesting grocery items. In the food category, a crab, leftovers, saltine crackers, packets of sugar, chicken fettuccine alfredo, and eggs were at the top. For beverages, riders chose to relive their college days in the backseat of an Uber with a case of 5-Hour Energy, Moët Champagne, and Fireball whiskey topping the list.
🔥 No more gas
New York wants all its aspiring chefs to stay grounded. On Tuesday, it became the first state to approve a requirement for all-electric stoves, sparking controversy. The ban (going into effect in 2026) applies to all new residential buildings and some commercial ones (restaurants, hospitals, and crematoriums are exempt). While proponents believe this ban will help New York meet its greenhouse gas emissions goals, others are heated up against the bill citing increased energy costs.
Burrito peddler
Like a perfectly wrapped burrito, Chipotle is on a roll! The burrito peddler’s shares hit a record high last week after they reported first-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations, tacking on some $7 billion in market value. The company’s stock has increased nearly 21% in the last 12 months and almost 30% in 2023.
For the number geeks
Here are some of the highlights of the company’s Q1 earnings report (FYI: they make for a pleasant reading):
Earnings per share were $10.50, beating the predicted $8.92.
Revenue was $2.4 billion, higher than the predicted $2.34 billion.
Net income grew from $158.3 million in 2022 to $291.6 million in Q1 2023.
Can’t get enough burrito bowls
So what is it about Chipotle that has investors in a state of queso coma, competitors guac-ing and customers lining up for burrito bowls?
Price increase: Charge more and see what happens. That’s what Chipotle did in response to historic inflation. By passing inflationary costs onto consumers, Chipotle was able to absorb expenses without compromising quality.
Target audience: Chipotle is like the cool kid at school who manages to be both high-end and down-to-earth. As inflation hits, they're cashing in on their wealthy fans who are slumming it by dining at Chipotle, ditching their usual white tablecloth haunts.
Avocados: Chipotle uses roughly 4.5 million cases of avocados each year — enough guac to make the Statue of Liberty dip her torch in it! Lower avocado prices (down 18% since last year) have helped the company’s margins by offsetting higher costs for other items such as oils and tortillas.
TikTok: The company’s results were also lifted by a new TikTok trend, the fajita quesadilla, that went viral after two TikTokers posted their version of the newfangled quesadilla. This led to two top sales days for Chipotle.
What next?
An understandably buoyed Chipotle predicts continued sales growth in Q2 and the full year. The company expects comparable sales growth to move from the mid to high-single-digit range and plans to open 255 to 285 new restaurants this year.
However, as our crystal ball isn’t as clear as the Chipotle execs’, we can only wait and watch where the ceiling for this burrito chain lies.
Cho chweeet!
When George Washington ruled the land, the average American consumed ~6 lbs of sugar per year. That number has now risen to ~160 lbs per year, roughly 3500 lbs over an individual’s lifetime. During Prohibition, soda surged in popularity and Americans never stopped drinking it, with or without rum.
Why the increase?
Sugar rush: Sugar's just so darn addictive! It releases those feel-good chemicals in our brains, making the Energizer Bunny inside us crave more and more!
Sweet deal: Sugar prices have plummeted faster than a skydiver without a parachute, making it easier for companies to sprinkle it into everything from soft drinks to cereals.
Ignorance: Some folks just don't realize the amount of added sugar in their favorite snacks and drinks.
Sugar, sugar everywhere!
Condiment con: Ketchup, barbecue sauce, and salad dressings are sugar's BFFs. It makes them tastier and even more addictive.
Tricky treats: Flavored yogurts, cereals, and granola bars often pretend to be the holy grail of health but are loaded with large amounts of sugar, making them more like a teenager with a fake ID to enter a bar.
Juicy deceptions: Whole fruits and veggie smoothies are often loaded with honey or agave nectar, making them sugar bombs. Similarly, a glass of OJ has the same amount of sugar as 4-6 oranges.
Suggestions for reducing sugar consumption:
Swap out the soda: Water is the best and free alternative. Consider seltzers if you’re looking for some healthy excitement.
Substitute: Switch out sugar with unsweetened applesauce in recipes.
Read labels: Carefully read labels and pay attention to the serving sizes.
Quiz
Attention all former (and current) party animals! It's time to prove that you know more than just how to do a keg stand. In fact, we're testing your knowledge of something even more sophisticated: cocktail glasses. Identify all these glasses correctly as redemption for all the red plastic cups you’ve used.
*Answers at the bottom.
Cooking tips
Cutting on the countertop isn’t the smartest idea. Sure, it might save a minute or two from grabbing the cutting board, but it'll also dull your knife faster than a sitcom that's overstayed its welcome.
Transform a sad and scabby bagel into a pillowy delight using the"Nuke and Spa Treatment". Simply wrap the bagel in a moist towel and microwave it for 10-15 seconds.
To prevent potatoes and eggplants from looking like they're auditioning for a role in a zombie movie, soak them after cutting to avoid discoloration.
Did you know?
The Martini glass's slim stem was designed to make it more high-maintenance than a Hollywood diva and to prevent the warmth from the drinker's hands ruining the flavor.
Americans consume over 87 million pounds of avocados on Cinco de Mayo each year, most of it being used to make guac.
Wendy’s uses square patties instead of round ones. This allows them to fit more patties on the grill, giving their burgers a cutting edge over their competitors.
Cinco De Mayo favorites
Elote: A most delicious way to serve corn!
Sheet pan nachos: The perfect dinner.
Enchiladas: Loaded to the brim with melty cheese, a flavorful bean and rice filling, and a homemade spicy red chile sauce.
Also simmering
Free pizza: This pizzeria will give "at least" a year of free pizza for a small favor!
Check your flour: Gold Medal bags recalled due to possible salmonella.
Unexpected guest: A moose, unable to resist the smell, steals popcorn from an Alaskan movie theater
Never-ending pasta: New Jersey town left perplexed as roughly 500 pounds of cooked pasta was dumped near an Old Bridge stream.
Hunger Games: The world’s most expensive banana stolen!
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Answers
Coupe
Hurricane glass
Collins glass
Sour glass