Hannah Selinger and Mecca Bos on Why They Left the Industry

Hannah Selinger’s memoir Cellar Rat chronicles her rise and fall in the restaurant business, detailing an emotional journey of what it took to walk away from the industry she loved when it no longer served her. Mecca Bos left her position as an executive chef when the pandemic hit in 2020. She wrote a story titled “The Reckoning,” which argued that the industry was about to receive one, ready or not. Five years after...