Bibliography of The Bear

This is a list of academic, journalistic, and film industry trade studies of The Bear TV series (2022–2026), an American comedy-drama TV series set in the city of Chicago, Illinois. The show follows chef Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), chef Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri), and local guy Richie Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), as they try to make a success of the family's forever-struggling restaurant in the aftermath of the suicide of Carmy's older brother Mikey (Jon Bernthal). The show was created by native Chicagoan Christopher Storer, who wrote and directed many of the episodes.

Sunrise over Lake Michigan

Books, academic journals

• Di Maio, Cristina (2025). "New Italian American Fathering in the Time of the Gig Economy: The Case of The Bear". Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association. 5. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press: 105–121. doi:10.5406/27697738.05.1.08. ISSN 2769-772X. OCLC 1267410841.
• Fallon, Jordan (2026). "'Every Second Counts' The Bear's Culinary Musicality and Confused Temporality". In Niewiadomska-Flis, Urszula; Tippen, Carrie Helms (eds.). Food and American TV: Constructing Identity in Bite-Sized Narratives. Routledge Food Studies. London: Routledge. pp. 137–152. doi:10.4324/9781003672173. ISBN 978-1-041-13920-1. LCCN 2025053137. OCLC 1578998345.
• Flores Jurado, Julieta (June 27, 2024). "A Fork in the Road? Rethinking Culinary Genius, Power Dynamics, and the Impact of Social Movements on U.S. Food Media and Popular Culture". Norteamérica. 19 (2). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. doi:10.22201/cisan.24487228e.2024.2.674. ISSN 2448-7228.
• Franklin-Phipps, Asilia; Varga, Bretton A. (Fall 2024). "Bear(ing) Down: Encountering Posthuman Critical Media Studies through the (Re)tracing of Object and Embodiment". Journal of Posthumanism. 4 (3): 205–216. doi:10.33182/joph.v4i3.3290. ISSN 2634-3584.
• Grazia Serra, Alessandra Olga (May 2024). "The Bear: New (stereotypical) representations of Italian Americans in contemporary television series". Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies. 58 (1). Stony Brook University: 114–124. doi:10.1177/00145858231223974. ISSN 0014-5858.
• Muthumanickam, Aruna (February 17, 2026). "The Bear". Book and Media Reviews. Journal of Palliative Medicine 10966218261418107. doi:10.1177/10966218261418107. ISSN 1096-6218. PMID 41700973.
• Nikolova, Zlatina (July 2025). "'Every second counts': Urban affect and culinary chaos in The Bear". The Journal of Popular Television. 13 (1): 43–59. doi:10.1386/jptv_00135_1. ISSN 2046-9861.
• Opazo, M. Pilar (January 2025). "Media Review: Cooking Up Organizational Change at The Bear". Organization Studies. 46 (1). European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), Sage Journals: 149–152. doi:10.1177/01708406241273789. ISSN 0170-8406.
• Singer, Christoph (April 2026). "The chef and the city: Mobile masculinities in Chef and The Bear". Journal of Urban Cultural Studies. 13 (1): 119–132. doi:10.1386/jucs_00114_1. ISSN 2050-9790.
• Vi, Kieu Jenny (Summer 2025). "Cooking Up Change: Food and Gentrification in The Bear (2022—)". In Progress: A Graduate Journal of North American Studies. 3 (1). Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB). Hanover, Germany: Leibniz Universität Hannover: 105–119. doi:10.15488/19952.
• Wang, Dingkun (April 2, 2025). "Translating the sensitive content in audiovisual fiction: the expanding case of Chinese subtitling in the streaming era". The Translator. 31 (4). Taylor & Francis: 344–356. doi:10.1080/13556509.2025.2485884. ISSN 1355-6509.

Film industry trade publications

• n.a. (2022). "The Bear cinematography with DP Andrew Wehde". Panavision.
• n.a. (September 2025). "Cinematographer Andrew Wehde: The Bear season 3 episode guide". Panavision.
• Chagollan, Steve (March–April 2023). "No Substitutions: For the makers of The Bear, there was never any question that Chicago would play itself. Practical locations were key, and the beauty is in the details" (PDF). Produced By. Los Angeles, California: Producers Guild of America. pp. 44–51. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
• Consoli, Ben (July 16, 2025). "The Bear's Filmmaking Secrets with Cinematographer Drew Wehde". Go Creative Show.
• Daut, David (Fall 2024). "The Bear - Every Second Counts: A Conversation with Gary Malouf & Chris Dame". Society of Camera Operators Magazine.
• Hullfish, Steve (July 28, 2022). "Editors Joanna Naugle and Adam Epstein share the secret ingredients that helped make The Bear the summer's breakout hit". Boris FX Post-Production Blog – Art of the Cut.
• McNamara, Lisa (August 29, 2022). "Made in Frame: Editors of The Bear Reveal How the Sausage is Made". Frame.io Insider.
• Smith, Scott D. (Fall 2025). "The Bear: The Challenges of Managing Kitchen Chaos". Production Sound & Video. 17 (4). North Hollywood, California: IATSE 695: 32–37.
• Williams, Tom (September 26, 2022). "DP Andrew Wehde lays out the ingredients that helped shape The Bear". British Cinematographer.
• ——— (August 1, 2025). "Andrew Wehde / The Bear S4". British Cinematographer.

Magazines, newspapers, online

• Anderson, Pearse (August 3, 2023). "In The Bear, Chicago's Public Transportation Never Goes Off the Rails". Eater Chicago.
• Ariano, Tara (June 27, 2025). "If I Were the Creator of The Bear, I Wouldn't Highlight What It Has in Common With Groundhog Day". Cracked.com.
• Betancourt, Bianca (June 30, 2025). "Can The Bear Stop Trying to Make Carmy and Claire Happen?". Harper's Bazaar.
• Blu, Jasmine (July 5, 2024). "The Bear: The Vitriolic Response to SydCarmy Shipping is Getting Weird". TV Fanatic.
• Bojalad, Alec (June 27, 2024). "The Bear Doesn't Work Without Jon Bernthal as Mikey Berzatto". Den of Geek.
• Boone, Keyaira (July 1, 2025). "The Bear's 'Worms' Episode Exposes Microaggressions Black Women Face in the Workplace". Hello Beautiful.
• Cadenas, Kerensa (December 4, 2023). "When Did Shows and Movies About Food Get So Horny?". The Daily Beast.
• Cain, Brooke; Wiseman, Steve (June 26, 2023). "Duke's Coach K is all over this season of Hulu's The Bear. We asked him about it". Raleigh News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Campbell, Polly (Spring 2025). "Who Owns Cooking?". Edible Ohio Valley. No. 58. Cincinnati.
• Chaney, Jen (June 28, 2024). "The Bear's Non-Negotiables, Ranked by Negotiability". Vulture.
• Clayton, Eric (September 16, 2023). "The hit show The Bear is more Catholic than it realizes". National Catholic Reporter.
• Coyne, Delaney. "Season Three finds The Bear dragging. Does hope remain?". National Catholic Reporter.
• Debernardini, Lucia (July 22, 2022). "How The Bear Illustrates the Anxiety and Beauty of the Restaurant World". Collider.
• De La Noval, Roberto J. (August 29, 2025). "The Bear and the importance of imperfect institutions". America Magazine: The Jesuit Review.
• Eakin, Marah (July 5, 2023). "The Bear's Chris Witaske on Being the Berzatto Pain Sponge". Vulture.
• Edwards, Belen (May 5, 2026). "The Bear's one-dimensional love interests have got to go". Mashable.
• Fox, Jesse David (June 28, 2024). "Is The Bear's Sydney Allergic to Fennel or What?". Vulture.
• French, David (July 27, 2025). "The Raw Power of Repentance". Opinion. The New York Times.
• Gold, Alexandra J. (September 18, 2023). "Every Second Counts: On FX's The Bear". Los Angeles Review of Books.
• Gordiner, Jeff (July 22, 2022). "What Inspired The Bear? The Show's Creator Explains It All". Esquire.
• Guy, Zoe (June 27, 2024). "Every Time They Told You It Isn't Going to Happen". Vulture.
• Hadadi, Roxana (June 29, 2022). "The Bear's Ebon Moss-Bachrach on the Art of Playing the Obstacle". Vulture.
• ——— (June 26, 2024). "The Bear Is the Best Kind of Workplace Romance". Vulture.
• ——— (July 3, 2025). "Edwin Lee Gibson Unpacks The Bear's 'Great Articulation of Gentrification'". Vulture.
• Heinrichs, Audra (July 1, 2023). "Sorry, But the Sydney & Carmy Slow-Burn Romance in The Bear Just Makes Sense". Jezebel.
• Jahmal, Karlton (July 8, 2025). "Syd's The Bear Episode Was So Black Coded, Here's a Full Breakdown". BuzzFeed.
• Jones, C. T. (July 9, 2025). "How Lionel Boyce and Ayo Edebiri Wrote The Bear Season 4's Standout Episode". Rolling Stone.
• Kuperinsky, Amy (July 9, 2023). "N.J. The Bear director on TV sensation's controlled chaos and Jersey food memories". nj.com. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
• Lakkamraju, Vishu (June 16, 2026). "The Bear - All 5 Seasons - Running Times". Feature First.
• Lloyd, Robert (June 27, 2022). "Special of the Week - Review: A chef's effort to fix his kin's struggling sandwich shop is at heart of extraordinary Bear". The Los Angeles Times (Part 1 of 2). pp. E1. & "Delight in tales of the kitchen" (Part 2 of 2). pp. E6 – via Newspapers.com.
• ——— (June 27, 2024). "The Bear moves like music, and Season 3 is beautifully arranged". Los Angeles Times.
• ——— (June 26, 2025). "Review: The Bear: Apologies and reconciliations lift the mood in Season 4". Los Angeles Times.
• Longeretta, Emily (August 4, 2023). "Oliver Platt Talks 'Complexity' of Playing Uncle Jimmy on The Bear: 'You Don't Know If He's Going to Shake You or Give You a Hug'". Variety.
• Maitland, Hayley (July 9, 2024). "Making Sense of The Bear Season 3 With Ebon Moss-Bachrach". Vogue.
• McCabe, Brigid (July 21, 2023). "In Hulu's The Bear, a little Catholic imagery goes a long way". America Magazine: The Jesuit Review.
• McCarthy, Amy (June 28, 2023). "Chef Courtney Storer Is the Reason the Food on The Bear Looks So Damn Good". Eater.
• McClure, Kelly (July 1, 2023). "The Bear: An appreciation of Claire's glorious unibrow". Salon.com.
• McFarland, Melanie (June 29, 2024). "The Bear brings Syd and Carmy to a boiling point, but we're throwing cold water on the ship". Salon.com.
• McNamara, Mary (June 28, 2024). "The Bear isn't about the pressures of fine dining. It's about the damage alcoholism inflicts". Los Angeles Times.
• ——— (June 27, 2025). "Commentary: By taming its chaos, The Bear bravely shows us what addiction recovery looks like". Los Angeles Times.
• Mendez, Moises II (June 23, 2023). "Should We Ship TV Characters? Viewers of The Bear Have Feelings". TIME.
• ——— (June 30, 2025). "Why The Bear is queerer than it seems". out.com.
• Moser, Zach (November 15, 2024). "Why Jon Bernthal's Mikey Is The Glue That Holds The Bear Together". Screen Rant.
• Moskin, Julia (July 8, 2022). "In The Bear on Hulu, a Kitchen Staff Is Nearly Eaten Alive". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2025-11-03. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
• Omowale, Jendayi (June 24, 2024). "Do The Bear Fans Know Protesting SydCarmy Is Kinda Racist?". Teen Vogue.
• Pau, Kelly (July 3, 2023). "On The Bear, Sydney's Chicago-wide smorgasbord liberates women from food guilt and girlbosses". Salon.com.
• Rankin, Seija (July 1, 2024). "The Bear Star Gillian Jacobs on Tiffany's 'Past Lives' Moment, Taylor Swift Easter Eggs and That Fiancé Reveal". The Hollywood Reporter.
• Rosenberg, Josh (July 7, 2025). "The Bear Season 4 Finale Is Wildly Misunderstood". Esquire.
• Rosner, Helen (July 22, 2022). "The Bear Is a Gritty Fairy Tale of Cooking and Grief". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X.
• Ryzik, Melena (June 20, 2023). "Ebon Moss-Bachrach Plays a Prickly Fan Favorite in 'The Bear'". The New York Times.
• Saunders, Martin (July 22, 2025). "Why The Bear is TV's blueprint for a healthy church". Premier Christianity. London. ISSN 1747-7395.
• Schaab, Kate (August 12, 2025). "FX's The Bear Season 4 Embraces Feminist Leadership, Challenging Aggressive Masculinity and Reimagining the Workplace". Ms. Magazine.
• Sharma, Dhruv (June 28, 2024). "Carmy's 27 Non-Negotiables in The Bear Season 3, Explained". Screen Rant.
• Stoddard, Sebastian (July 28, 2024). "I Can't Stop Thinking About This One Line From The Bear". Collider.
• Syed, Zareen (June 25, 2025). "The Bear's Colón-Zayas relishes playing a chef rooted in reality". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. pp. 5–001. & "Colón-Zayas (con't)". Chicago Tribune. pp. 5–004 – via Newspapers.com.
• Taylor, Robert (June 27, 2025). "Women and Wine Rescue The Bear". Wine Spectator.
• Tenreyro, Tatiana (June 28, 2022). "Jeremy Allen White in The Bear Looks Like the Type of Fuckboy Every Woman Knows". MEL Magazine.
• Victorian, Brande (July 6, 2023). "'The Best Gift Ever': Ayo Edebiri and Robert Townsend on Playing Father and Daughter in The Bear". The Hollywood Reporter.
• Villarreal, Yvonne (July 15, 2024). "A look inside the life of Bear's no-nonsense cook Tina". The Los Angeles Times. pp. E003.
• Warrell, Laura (July 7, 2023). "Why did seeing a strong Black woman on The Bear make me cry?". Opinion. Los Angeles Times.
• Wolf, Cam (June 26, 2024). "The Bear Is Not a #SydCarmy Love Story, You Weirdos". GQ.
• York, Sarah (July 18, 2022). "Everyone's Horny for the 'Sexually Competent Dirtbag Line Cook'". Bon Appétit.

Costume design

• Braley-Palko, Bradley (June 26, 2026). "As The Bear Ends, Costume Designer Courtney Wheeler Reflects On Dressing TV's Most Stylish Chef". The Set Set.
• Cheung, Adam (July 30, 2024). "The inside, untold story of the greatest fits on The Bear". GQ Australia.
• Destefano, Mike (June 30, 2023). "The Bear Costume Designer Courtney Wheeler Interview". Complex.
• Fenimore, Christopher (June 23, 2023). "Five Fits with The Bear Creator Chris Storer". Esquire.
• Goldstone, Penny (July 19, 2024). "The Bear's costumes have garnered a cult following, and here's how you can recreate them". Marie Claire UK.
• Herh, Kala (July 11, 2025). "Secrets of The Bear Season 4 Style, According to the Show's Costume Designer". Coveteur.
• Krentcil, Faran (June 29, 2023). "How The Bear sweater went viral". BBC. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
• Menon, Radhika (August 10, 2022). "How The Bear Injected Personality Into the Standard Kitchen Uniform". Vulture.
• Rikhy, Trishna (July 12, 2023). "How The Bear Became High-Key Fashion Television". Esquire.
• Sim, Janice (August 10, 2023). "How Carmy from The Bear turned out to be the unlikely fashion star". Vogue Singapore.
• Veldman, Sarah (February 24, 2024). "Jeremy Allen White has made 'the everyman style' trendy: 5 pieces to buy if you want to steal the look". The Manual. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
• Wolf, Cam (July 27, 2022). "Actually, The Bear Is a Menswear Show". GQ.
• Wolfson, James (October 15, 2022). "The most talked about T-shirt on TV". The Guardian. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.

Business papers

• Beame, Abe (July 12, 2023). "A Kitchen Glossary Explaining The Bear Season 2". GQ.
• Lincicome, Scott (July 12, 2023). "The Bear Is a Tribute to Dynamism—and What Blocks It: The regulatory nightmare of opening a restaurant". Cato Institute.
• McNair, Claire (July 3, 2023). "Six Pressing Questions About the Financial Predicament in The Bear". The Ringer.
• Moy, Jasmine (July 25, 2025). "How to Avoid the Biggest Business Red Flags on The Bear, According to a Restaurant Lawyer". Food & Wine.
• Sharma, Dhruv (July 4, 2024). "How Uncle Jimmy Got So Rich In The Bear & What Happened To His Money In Season 3?". ScreenRant.

Food, wine, restaurants, cookbooks

• Beame, Abe (June 27, 2024). "The Bear Season 3 Is a Restaurant-Life Horror Story". GQ.
• Berkey, Amanda (July 2, 2025). "The Bear's Unhinged Ina Garten Parody: All The Easter Eggs Explained". Chowhound.
• Bodden, Lauryn (June 22, 2023). "6 Ways The Bear Gets Restaurant Culture Right, According to a Former Line Cook". The Spruce Eats.
• Bozicevic, Chantelle (July 9, 2024). "All the Aussie cookbooks featured in hit TV show The Bear". kitchen.nine.com.au.
• Gajjar, Saloni (July 2, 2025). "Why did The Bear put its love of cooking on the back burner?". AV Club. Paste Media Group.
• Glassman, Thea (June 27, 2024). "The Bear: 4 Interior Designers Weigh In on Carmy and Syd's Japandi-Inspired Eatery". Architectural Digest.
• Guzman, Dianne de (July 28, 2022). "Here's the Complete List of Every Cookbook Featured on The Bear". Eater SF.
• Hailu, Selome (July 3, 2023). "'The Bear' Culinary Producer Courtney Storer on How Her Restaurant Burnout Impacts the Story: 'It Feels Like Art Therapy'". Variety.
• Harris, Molly (June 28, 2025). "Here's the Exact Wine List from The Bear's Restaurant Menu (and Why It's Actually Perfect)". Tasting Table. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
• Heil, Emily (July 8, 2024). "The Bear is packed with culinary lingo. Here's what it all means". BostonGlobe.com.
• Karam, Alec (May 18, 2026). "The Ultimate Guide To Every Chicago Restaurant Featured on The Bear". Block Club Chicago.
• Kennedy, Alicia (July 12, 2022). "In The Bear, Food Is the Language of Love and Grief". Harper's BAZAAR.
• Kinsman, Kat; Ram, Chandra (June 24, 2025). "We Hit Pause Over and Over So You Can Own Carmy's Library—Here's Every Real Cookbook Spotted on The Bear". Food & Wine.
• Lam, Lee Tran (July 3, 2024). "The out-of-print Australian cookbook featured on The Bear: 'Of course Carmy has a copy!'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
• Metz, Nina; Chu, Louisa Kung Liu; Akbar, Ahmed Ali (July 2, 2024). "Class and social status in the kitchen and The Bear". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois.
• Morgan, Audrey (June 28, 2024). "The Non-Negotiable Rules 35 Chefs Have for Their Kitchens". Food & Wine.
• Patterson, Daniel (July 28, 2022). "When I Watch The Bear, I See My Life". Esquire.
• Quittner, Ella (July 3, 2024). "Did You Find These Easter Eggs in The Bear?". The New York Times.
• ——— (July 3, 2024). "How Would the Restaurant in The Bear Work in Real Life?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
• Rosen, Lisa (August 7, 2023). "Take a look behind those chaotic kitchen scenes on The Bear". Los Angeles Times.
• Schwartz, Amelia (July 9, 2024). "Have the Celebrity Chef Cameos in The Bear Gotten Out of Hand?". Food & Wine.
• Selvam, Ashok (June 29, 2023). "In The Bear, the World's Greatest Restaurant Resides in Chicago". Eater Chicago.
• ——— (June 26, 2025) [July 17, 2023]. "Every Single Restaurant Featured in All 4 Seasons of The Bear". Eater Chicago.
• Storer, Courtney (December 28, 2025). "Meet My Culinary Crew". Coco's Kitchen.
• Sutton, David (September 12, 2023). "'Every Second Counts': Thoughts on Richie's Redemption in Season 2 of The Bear". Food Anthropology: Wisdom from the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. Southern Illinois University.
• ——— (December 14, 2025). "Working on Family in The Bear Season 4". Food Anthropology.
• Syed, Zareen (June 22, 2026). "The Bear was a love letter to Chicago. For the final season, here's every local restaurant that was featured". Chicago Tribune. ISSN 2165-171X.
• Vachon, Pamela (July 3, 2024). "Where's the Wine in The Bear?". Wine Enthusiast.
• ——— (June 30, 2025). "What The Bear Gets (Mostly) Right About Wine This Season". Wine Enthusiast.
• Weiss, Jeff (June 29, 2022). "A Glossary Explaining Why The Bear Is The Greatest Fictional Work About the Kitchen". www.powmag.net.
• Winterman, Jonathan (November 3, 2025). "The Real-Life Limits of Unreasonable Hospitality: Will Guidara's bestselling book and The Bear have sent diners' expectations into overdrive". Food & Wine.
• Yam, Genevieve (July 12, 2022). "I Worked in Michelin-Starred Kitchens. The Depiction of Trauma in The Bear Is So Real It's Painful". Bon Appétit.

Music

• Bains, Prabhjot (July 5, 2024). "The Best Needle Drops from The Bear's Third Season". RANGE.
• Brannigan, Paul (June 29, 2023). "The 10 best rock songs in The Bear, season two". Louder. London.
• Covington, Abigail (June 29, 2023). "Midwestern Dads Rejoice! We Found The Bear Season 2's Soundtrack". Esquire.
• Dawson, Brit (August 17, 2023). "Dad rock is The Bear's secret weapon". British GQ.
• Donovan, Thom (April 20, 2024). "A Guide to 10 Must-Hear Songs from the Soundtrack to the TV Series The Bear". American Songwriter.
• ——— (July 7, 2025). "4 Emotional Songs From The Bear Season 4 Soundtrack". American Songwriter.
• ——— (July 10, 2025). "The Meaning Behind 'Slow Disco' by St. Vincent, a Song Meant for Someone Else". American Songwriter.
• Dreldon (July 20, 2023). "Interview with The Bear's Jeffrey 'JQ' Qaiyum". On the Score.
• Flook, Ray (July 19, 2024). "The Bear S03 Eddie Vedder 'Save It for Later' Opening Is Life". Bleeding Cool.
• Gajjar, Saloni (June 27, 2024). "The Bear just changed the music montage as we know it". AV Club.
• Glazebrook, Lewis; Russell, Tom (June 27, 2024). "The Bear Season 3 Soundtrack Guide: Every Song & When They Play". Screen Rant.
• Grebenyuk, Yana (July 1, 2024). "Every Subtle Way The Bear Season 3 Mentioned Taylor Swift: From Friendship Bracelets to Her Music". Us Weekly.
• Hudson, Alex (August 15, 2023). "The 10 Greatest Musical Moments from The Bear Season 2". Exclaim!. Toronto, Canada.
• Hyden, Steven (July 11, 2022). "Inside the Delightful Dad Rock Soundtrack of The Bear". Uproxx.
• ——— (July 6, 2023). "A Deep Dive Into the Soundtrack of The Bear With the Guys Who Curated It". Uproxx.
• ——— (July 2, 2024). "The Best Needle Drops from Season Three of The Bear, Ranked". Uproxx.
• Knopper, Steve (July 12, 2023). "The Bear Season 2: the Hardest (and Easiest) Songs to Clear, From Taylor Swift to AC/DC". Billboard. (PDF)
• Lazarski, Todd (July 3, 2023). "10 best needle drops in The Bear season 2". AV Club.
• Lobb, Adrian (June 27, 2024). "How REM helped The Bear go from very good to one of the all-time greats". The Big Issue.
• MacArthur, Greg (June 26, 2025). "The Bear Season 4 Full Soundtrack: Every Song from Taylor Swift to Led Zeppelin". Screen Rant.
• Malhotra, Khushboo (July 5, 2025). "The Bear Season 4 Soundtrack Is a Symphony of Chaos, Comfort, and Control". CelebMix.
• McCormick, Colin; Williams, Jordan (June 23, 2023). "The Bear Season 2 Soundtrack Guide: Every Song & When It Plays". Screen Rant.
• Moayeri, Lily (June 30, 2025). "The Bear Season 4's 10 Best Needle-Drop Moments". The Hollywood Reporter.
• Myers, Quinn (May 20, 2024). "Meet the 2 Chicago Musicians Behind the Score of The Bear". Block Club Chicago.
• Nardi, Dean (June 5, 2025). "Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from season one of The Bear". Americana UK.
• ——— (September 11, 2025). "Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Two of The Bear". Americana UK.
• ——— (March 26, 2026). "Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from Season Three of The Bear". Americana UK.
• Newstead, Al (July 18, 2023). "The Bear — one of TV's best shows also has TV's best soundtrack". Double J. ABC Australia.
• ——— (July 3, 2024). "When The Bear is firing on all burners, it offers the finest soundtrack in contemporary television". ABC News. Sydney, Australia.
• Saeed, Saeed (June 25, 2025). "Why The Bear serves up one of television's most honest soundtracks". The National. Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Shiver, John-Paul (June 30, 2025). "The best songs in The Bear, season 4". Treble.
• Whatley, Jack (August 2, 2025). "The Bear has served up the greatest TV soundtrack of all time". Far Out Magazine.
• Zaleski, Annie (July 8, 2023). "'There's an underscore of melancholy': The Bear producer breaks down season's best needle drops". Salon.com.

Podcasts, videos

• n.a. "Episode #26 - Eric Frankel, Set Decorator for The Bear". Podbean.
• Adobe Video (January 4, 2024). Behind the Edit of FX's The Bear – Naugle, Epstein, Mancini. Retrieved 2026-06-05 – via YouTube.
• Crockett, Zachary (December 24, 2023). "10. Michelin Stars (Replay)". The Economics of Everyday Things. Produced by Sarah Lilley. Freakonomics Radio Network. Episode 10.
• Daley, Paul (May 22, 2025). "Decorating the Set (Interview with Eric Frankel, Set Decorator on The Bear)". Pod Clubhouse.
• Go Creative Show (November 15, 2022). THE BEAR cinematography - interview with Andrew Wehde – via YouTube.
• Mardo, Paola (December 1, 2025). What Does a Culinary Producer Do on THE BEAR? - S3E11 (Podcast). Proximity Media – via YouTube. & "Transcript - Courtney Storer - Season 3 Episode 11" (PDF). proximitymedia.com. December 1, 2025.
• Harris, Aisha; Weldon, Glen (July 12, 2022). "The Bear has got the beef (and the heart)". Pop Culture Happy Hour. NPR. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
• Marlow, Erin; Temis, Carla (November 27, 2025). Special Episode: The Syd / Carmy Special. It's a Fandom Thing Pod (Podcast). W!ZARD Studios. Episode 616 – via Apple Podcasts. & "Special Episode: The Syd/Carmy Special – Show Notes". itsafandomthingpod.com. November 27, 2025.
• Puder, Dr. David; Bender, Dr. Eric (June 13, 2025). The Bear: Trauma, Personality, and Attachment. Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast (Podcast). Episode 242 – via Apple Podcasts. & "Transcript of The Bear: Psychodynamic Breakdown of Trauma, Personality, and Attachment Styles (242)". PsychiatryPodcast.com.
• Sloviter, Becky (November 24, 2025). Adam Shapiro: On The Bear, Working With Kate Winslet, and Launching a Philly Soft Pretzel Empire (Podcast). General Meeting with Becky Sloviter – via YouTube.
• Taylor, Vincent (August 23, 2024). "Transcript: Interviewing the Production Designer Merje Veski & Art Director Lisa Korpan for The Bear". The Color Timer Podcast.

Sources not in English

• IslakoğLu, Ünal Gönen (March 28, 2023). "Endüstriyel Mutfakta Çalışma Olgusunun The Bear Dizisinde Temsili Üzerine Bir İnceleme" [An Analysis of the Representation of the Phenomenon of Working in an Industrial Kitchen in The Bear Series]. Journal of Tourism and Gastronomy Studies (in Turkish) 1. doi:10.21325/jotags.2023.1197. ISSN 2147-8775.
• Lozano, Asier (June 26, 2026). "The Bear: Banda Sonora y Canciones (Temporada 1 a 5)" [The Bear: Soundtrack and Songs (Seasons 1–5)]. dod Magazine (in Spanish). Madrid.
• Marcos Ramos, María; Pérez Morán, Ernesto (January 16, 2025). "¡Sí, chef! Análisis de la estructura narrativa de la primera temporada de The Bear (FX, 2022)" [Yes, Chef! An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of The Bear's First Season (FX, 2022)]. Anuario Electrónico de Estudios en Comunicación Social "Disertaciones" (in Spanish). 18 (1). doi:10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/disertaciones/a.14305. ISSN 1856-9536.
• Oliveira, Larissa; Sigiliano, Daiana; Borges, Gabriela (June 9, 2024). "Literacia midiática e a comédia triste: análise da experiência estética de The Bear" [Media Literacy and Sad Comedy: An Analysis of the Aesthetic Experience of The Bear] (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Intercom – Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação 47º Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação.

Key background studies

• Beriss, David; Sutton, David E., eds. (2020). The Restaurants Book: Ethnographies of Where We Eat. London, England: Berg. ISBN 978-1-84520-755-7.
• Di Giovine, Michael A. (November 2010). "La Vigilia Italo-Americana: Revitalizing the Italian-American Family Through the Christmas Eve "Feast of the Seven Fishes"". Food and Foodways. 18 (4): 181–208. doi:10.1080/07409710.2010.529012. ISSN 0740-9710.
• Guidara, Will (2022). Unreasonable Hospitality. New York: Optimism Press. ISBN 978-0-593-41857-4. LCCN 2022027969. OCLC 1291310670.
• Haddix, Carol Mighton; Kraig, Bruce; Sen, Colleen Taylor, eds. (2017). The Chicago Food Encyclopedia. Heartland Foodways. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09977-9. LCCN 2017007883. OCLC 973222701. Project MUSE book 55651.
• Trubek, Amy B. (2000). Haute Cuisine: How the French Invented the Culinary Profession. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-3553-1. LCCN 00023286. OCLC 43520917.

See also

• The Bear season 1
• The Bear season 2
• The Bear season 3
• The Bear season 4
• The Bear season 5
• Food of The Bear
• Music of The Bear
• Family on The Bear
• List of The Bear episodes
• List of The Bear characters

External links

• Flake, Emily (July 25, 2022). "Daily Cartoon: "So... what was all that 'Yes, Chef' stuff about?"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X.
• McBride, Carrie (June 8, 2023). "Back of the House Culinary Memoirs for Fans of The Bear". New York Public Library.
• Menon, Radhika (July 4, 2025). "13 Shows to Watch After You've Binged The Bear". Elle.
• Lawrence, Gregory (February 4, 2026). "15 TV Shows Like The Bear You Need To Check Out". TVLine.