‘The Bear’ Star Matty Matheson’s New Cookbook Honors the ‘Holy Trinity’ of Soups, Salads, and Sandwiches

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On-screen, Matty Matheson is best known as a member of the hapless but well-meaning Fak clan in The Bear. In real life, he’s a successful restauranteur with several establishments around Toronto, including Matty’s Pattys and Rizzos House of Parm. Matheson has also published several cookbooks and his latest, Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches is available today.

The book centers on the “iconic trinity,” and includes recipes for comfort classics like the Cubano sandwich and “Everyone’s Mom’s Macaroni and Tuna Salad.” It’s the kind of cooking that’s more in line with the no-frills sandwich shop from The Bear’s first season than the eponymous fine-dining establishment of the second and third seasons. The book is available in a hardcover or ebook format, and it features 126 recipes over 368 pages.

The book is already a bestseller on Amazon, notching the number 1 spot in the Canadian Cooking, Food & Wine category. Notably, the second and third spots are occupied by Matheson’s other cookbooks, Home Style Cookery and Matty Matheson: A Cookbook.

The book is written in an irreverent, familiar style, and in the introduction, Matheson explains that he wrote the cookbook for the home cook, writing “Why be trapped thinking about what you’re gonna make for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or late at night? Just open the book, pick a recipe, cook it, close it, and put it back on the shelf.”

Matheson’s cookbook is the latest real-world culinary connection from the cast of The Bear. Ebon Moss-Bachrach teamed up with Johnnie Walker and The Bear’s culinary producer Courtney Storer on whisky and food pairings for the Emmys in September, while Storer partnered with rosé winery Miraval.

In addition to the cookbook, his restaurants, and his clothing brand, Rosa Rugosa, The Bear is likely to keep Matheson busy, as the show has been renewed for a fourth season, according to Variety. You can catch up on the show on Hulu.