The Conversation for Wednesday, July 13

What do you think of The Bear?

Lovers of food TV and people in the restaurant world are all talking about The Bear. It’s the new series on FX that looks at a fictional place in Chicago. This Rolling Stone article by Alan Sepinwall lays out the background and has many spoilers, so a caution if you want to avoid them.

FX sent me a screener so that I could watch the episodes before they …