By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST I’ve written several articles over the years about the challenges we face in the restaurant business; hospitality as well, but...
By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST The other day, I decided to try and play a little game in my head. I was going to try...
By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST It’s perpetually interesting to me how inventions, behaviors, beliefs and social practices can come from the most unlikely circumstances. For...
By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST If I asked you to think of foods you thought were universal, the ones that span cultures across all continents,...
By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST I see it all the time: people in professions that couldn’t be more different from the restaurant or bar industry,...
By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST It is an international phenomenon—an entire generation, all over the globe, who don’t want to carry on their elders’ family...
By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST With NFL playoffs fully underway, the perennial conversations about how much of a team sport football is are back as...
By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST Ah, the American frontier—be it the Wild West, Appalachia, or deep in the heart of Texas—we seem to fall in...
By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST We say we are tolerant. We say we are accepting of those that are different from us, that looks aren’t...
By Scott Mechura EBS FOOD COLUMNIST It used to be we asked, “What’s for dinner?” Now the question has become “Where are we having dinner?” I...