Bear and Breakfast: Complete Cooking Guide

Cooking is an important skill to learn in Bear and Breakfast. In the three later-game properties, food is necessary for guests to be happy at their lodgings. Hank and Julia will be able to work together to make some stellar meals to fill up hungry human bellies in this relaxing video game.

How to Cook in Bear and Breakfast

There are several things that players will need before they can cook in the indie game Bear and Breakfast. Cooking is not unlocked until players reach the autumn-themed section of the map called Highlake. In this location, players will meet a goat woman named Julia, who is a big fan of cooking and teaching others to cook.

To get this NPC to teach Hank everything she knows about kitchens in this Animal Crossing-like game, he will first have to complete a quest for her. She will ask for some sage from Darkgrove for her tea. When Hank brings it back to her, it will unlock the Pawn Voyage kitchen items that can be purchased for coins. For cooking, players will need a kitchen with at least basic items like cutting boards, stoves, and microwaves. In order to give hotel guests access to the food, players will have to build a dining room and put a buffet, chairs, and a table inside of it.

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Building for Cooking in Bear and Breakfast

To make room for both of these inside of the Highland building, Hank might have to delete a few Bear and Breakfast rooms. The dining room is a great feature that adds a lot of prestige to buildings, but the kitchen does the exact opposite. Kitchen items are considered ugly by the game, and they will decrease the prestige scores of locations and lower the comfort and decoration scores of anything within range.

This means that it is imperative to keep bedrooms from sharing a wall with any kitchen spaces. Instead, make sure to build a Bear and Breakfast bathroom of dining room against the kitchen instead. There are two ways to handle food at all the locations that Hank manages; players can:

Manually add food to buffets every day. Kitchens are not required in all buildings this way, saving both space and preserving the building's prestige scores. Hank will need to collect the raw cooking ingredients, cook the items in the kitchen, then bring those cooked items around to each of the buffets and fill them manually. The kitchen items unlock about halfway through the length of Bear and Breakfast.
Hire Julia to cook for each location. While this costs coins and requires a kitchen in every building, it save a boat load of running around and collecting food items, cooking, then putting the cooked food in each of the locations. This will make this relaxing simulation game even more chill.

Bear and Breakfast Kitchen Building Guide

Cooking comes in several levels. Hank starts with basic, level 1 equipment and can upgrade as he unlocks new kitchen appliances at the Pawn Voyage van. Here are all the different levels of kitchen items that can be unlocked. Thankfully, Hank won't need Iron Nails for any of these in Bear and Breakfast.

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Dining Room Items

Level 1 Buffet - Tiny Buffet - 2x Plywood Planks - Has room for up to 2 different types of food in this cozy woodland game.
Level 2 Buffet - Small Buffet - 2x Plywood Planks, 2x Pinewood Planks, 4x Iron Plates - Has room for up to 6 different types of food.
Level 3 Buffet - Hot & Cold Buffet - 8x Iron Plates, 2x Glass Panel - Has room for up to 8 different types of food.
Level 4 Buffet - Grand Buffet - 4x Mahogany Planks, 2x Iron Plates, 2x Cotton Sheets - Has room for up to 10 different types of food.

Kitchen Items

Level 1 Cooking - Puny Cutting Board - 2x Copper Plates, 2x Pinewood Planks - Adds 2 Raw Cards.
Level 1 Cooking - Cast Iron Stove - 3x Copper Plates, 3x Pinewood Planks - Adds 2 Boil, 2 Roast, and 1 Fuel Cards.
Level 1 Cooking - Small Refrigerator - 5x Copper Plates, 2x Plastic Boards - Contains 4 inventory slots to store food.
Level 2 Cooking - Basic Cutting Board - 3x Copper Plates, 4x Pinewood Planks - Adds 3 Raw and 2 Slice cards.
Level 2 Cooking - Gas Range - 2x Iron Plates, 2x Copper Plates, 2x Plastic Boards - Adds 2 Boil, 2 Fry, 2 Simmer, 2 Roast, and 1 Fuel cards.
Level 2 Cooking - Small Griddle - 3x Iron Plates, 1x Copper Plates - Adds 2 Grill and 1 Fuel cards.
Level 2 Cooking - Cheap Microwave - 2x Pinewood Planks, 2x Copper Plates, 1x Iron Plates, 1x Electronics - Adds 2 Microwave and 1 Fuel cards.
Level 2 Cooking - Sensible Fridge - 3x Copper Plates, 5x Iron Plates, 2x Electronics - Contains 8 inventory slots to store food.
Level 3 Cooking - Large Cutting Board - 3x Copper Plates, 4x Mahogany Planks - Adds 3 Raw, 2 Slice, and 2 Dice cards.
Level 3 Cooking - Hightech Cooker - 4x Iron Plates, 2x Steel Plates, 1x Glass Panel, 1x Electronics - Adds 3 Boil, 3 Roast, 3 Fry, 3 Simmer, 2 Bake, 2 Saute, and 1 Fuel cards.
Level 3 Cooking - Large Griddle - 2x Iron Plates, 2x Copper Plates, 1x Electronics - Adds 3 Grill, 2 Sear, and 1 Fuel Cards.
Level 3 Cooking - Advanced Microwave - 2x Mahogany Planks, 1x Copper Plates, 2x Iron Plates, 1x Electronics - Adds 3 Microwave, 2 Sous Vide, and 1 Fuel cards.
Level 3 Cooking - Double Door Fridge - 4x Steel Plates, 4x Iron Plates, 2x Electronics - Contains 12 inventory slots to store food.
Julia's Cooking Station - 4x Pinewood Planks, 2x Copper Plates, 2x Iron Plates, 2x Porcelain Chunks, 2x Plastic Boards - When added to a kitchen, it unlocks the ability to hire her to cook for all buildings at that location.

Bear and Breakfast Complete Cooking Guide

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A great tip for new players to Bear and Breakfast is learning to cook as early as possible. In order to do it, Hank will have to walk up to one of the appliances in any kitchen that he owns (kitchens in the Diner in A24 and in Hank's mom's home cannot be used). All the recipes that Hank has collected or purchased from Julia's recipe store, located next to her home in Highlake, will show up to the right of the screen. Choose a recipe card to start.

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Recipe cards will show the ingredient, the number of them needed, and what needs to be done to it. Here is an example of a recipe card in this cooking simulator:

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To make French Onion Soup, video game inn keeper Hank will need:

Bread
Cheese
Butter
Onions
Fuel

The cards needed to make the soup are:

1x Slice for the Bread (Requires Level 2 Basic Cutting Board)
1x Boil for the Onions (Requires a Level 1 Cast Iron Stove)
1x Simmer for the Butter (Requires a Level 2 Gas Range)
1x Simmer for the Cheese (Requires a Level 2 Gas Range)
1x Fuel

Drag and drop the required cooking methods into the center from the Methods menu at the bottom. There is a Bear and Breakfast collectible trinket that will do this automatically for Hank, which will speed up this process a lot. Drag and drop the required ingredients into each of the correct cards. Once all the ingredients are dropped into the right cards, the upper right-hand corner will display what will be made and how many will be created. The cooking process will always create the maximum number it can, based on how many of each ingredient were dropped in. For example, if a player is making mashed potatoes:

2x Potato and 2x Fuel will make one mashed potato.
4x Potato and 2x Fuel will make two mashed potatoes.
12x Potato and 2x Fuel will make one mashed potato.

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Hit the Cook button to cook all possible meals. The completed items will then appear in the blank boxes in the middle right, next to the recipes box. Hit "Take All" to move these items from the kitchen into Hank's inventory for the PC game Bear and Breakfast that will soon be coming to Switch.

Where to Find All Recipes and Ingredients in Bear and Breakfast

The vast majority of the recipes in this whimsical video game are unlocked by purchasing them from Julia's store. However, some of the basic recipes are Hank's to start with when he first unlocks cooking. Some are locked behind story quests, but none of the necessary recipes are locked behind side quests, so players will be able to cook every meal even if they don't 100% the game.

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All Recipes in Bear and Breakfast

Strawberry Bowl - Score: 2 - Recipe: Raw 2x Strawberries.
Mashed Potatoes - Score: 2 - Recipe: Boil 2x Potato with 2x Fuel.
Corn on the Cob - Score: 3 - Recipe: Raw 1x Butter, Roast 1x Corn with 1x Fuel.
Mint Tea - Score: 1 - Recipe: Boil 2x Mint with 2x Fuel.
Boiled Egg - Score: 2 - Recipe: Boil 1x Egg with 1x Fuel.
Mushroom Soup - Score: 3 - Recipe: Boil 1x Onion, Boil 2x Mushroom with 3x Fuel.
Chamomile Tea - Score: 2 - Recipe: Boil 1x Chamomile, Raw 1x Sugar with 1 Fuel.
Tomato Soup - Score: 4 - Recipe: Raw 1x Herbs, Boil 1x Milk, Boil 2x Tomatoes with 3 Fuel.
Corn Flakes - Score: 3 - Recipe: Roast 1x Corn, Raw 1x Milk with 1x Fuel.
Roasted Potato - Score: 4 - Recipe: Raw 1x Herb, Roast 1x Butter, Roast 2x Potato with 3x Fuel.
Egg Dippy - Score: 3 - Recipe: Boil 1x Egg, Roast 1x Bread with 2x Fuel.
Apple Bowl - Score: 2 - Recipe: Raw 1x Apple.

Hash Browns - Score: 5 - Recipe: Raw 1x Onion, Fry 1x Flour, Fry 2x Potatoes with 3x Fuel.
Pepper Pasta - Score: 5 - Recipe: Boil 1x Pasta, Roast 2x Pepper, Roast 2x Garlic with 5x Fuel.
Grilled Cheese - Score: 4 - Recipe: Grill 2x Bread, Grill 1x Cheese with 3x Fuel.
Plate of Fries - Score: 4 - Recipe: Raw 1x Herb, Fry 2x Potato with 2x Fuel.
Honey Sage Tea - Score: 2 - Recipe: Raw 1x Honey, Slice 1x Lemon, Boil 2x Sage with 3x Fuel.
French Onion Soup - Score: 6 - Recipe: Slice 1x Bread, Boil 1x Onion, Simmer 1x Butter, Simmer 1x Cheese with 4x Fuel.
Microbaked Apple - Score: 5 - Recipe: Raw 1x Sugar, Microwave 1x Apple, Microwave 1x Butter with 2x Fuel.
Popcorn - Score: 4 - Recipe: Microwave 1x Corn, Microwave 1x Butter with 2x Fuel.
Snappy Beet Chips - Score: 4 - Recipe: Roast 1x Herb, Roast 2x Beet with 2x Fuel.
Chilly Mac - Score: 6 - Recipe: Roast 1x Cheese, Roast 1x Pasta, Simmer 1x Beans, Simmer 2x Tomato with 5x Fuel.
Pasta "Aglio e Oilo" - Score: 6 - Recipe: Raw 1x Herb, Slice 2x Garlic, Boil 1x Pasta, Simmer 1x Cheese with 2x Fuel.
Peach Iced Tea - Score: 3 - Recipe: Raw 1x Honey, Boil 2x Sage, Simmer 1x Peach with 3x Fuel.
Citrus Peach Cooler - Score: 3 - Recipe: Raw 1x Strawberry, Raw 1x Lemon, Slice 1x Peach.
Heart Soup - Score: 7 - Recipe: Boil 2x Carrots, Boil 1x Beans, Boil 2x Potatoes, Simmer 1x Herbs, Simmer 1x Onion with 7x Fuel.
Grilled Garlic Bread - Score: 5 - Recipe: Raw 1x Butter, Grill 1x Garlic, Grill 1x Bread with 2x Fuel.
Fluffy Pancakes - Score: 8 - Recipe: Raw 1x Syrup, Raw 1x Blackberries, Simmer 1x Milk, Simmer 1x Flour, Microwave 1x Butter with 3x Fuel.
Butter Croissant - Score: 8 - Recipe: Boil 2x Strawberries, Roast 1x Milk, Roast 1x Butter, Bake 1x Egg, Bake 1x Flour with 6x Fuel.
Bread Pudding - Score: 6 - Recipe: Raw 2x Honey, Microwave 1x Milk, Microwave 1x Bread with 2x Fuel.
Plum "Galette" - Score: 8 - Recipe: Raw 1x Lemon, Raw 1x Syrup, Roast 2x Plum, Bake 1x Flour, Bake 1x Butter with 4x Fuel.
Spinach Stromboli - Score: 8 - Recipe: Slice 1x Garlic, Dice 2x Herbs, Bake 1x Cheese, Bake 1x Flour, Sautee 1x Spinach with 4x Fuel.
Pickled Beet Eggs - Score: 5 - Recipe: Dice 1x Beet, Boil 1x Eggs with 1x Fuel.
Plum "Schnaps" - Score: 3 - Recipe: Boil 1x Plum, Boil 1x Sugar with 2x Fuel.
Spicy Linden Tea - Score: 3 - Recipe: Raw 1x Honey, Simmer 1x Ginger, Simmer 2x Linden with 3x Fuel.
Peach Cobbler - Score: 7 - Recipe: Raw 1x Sugar, Slice 1x Lemon, Bake 1x Flour, Bake 2x Peach with 3x Fuel.
Creamy Baked Cheese - Score: 6 - Recipe: Dice 1x Herb, Bake 1x Tomato, Bake 1x Cheese with 2x Fuel.
Veggie Lasagna - Score: 8 - Recipe: Roast 1x Tomato, Bake 1x Cheese, Bake 1x Flour, Sautee 2x Carrot, Sear 2x Onion with 7x Fuel.
Sous Vide Cheesecake - Score: 8 - Recipe: Raw 1x Sugar, Raw 1x Lemon, Microwave 1x Butter, Sous Vide 1x Eggs, Sous Vide 1x Cheese with 3x Fuel.
Sous Vide Carrot Stew - Score: 8 - Recipe: Dice 1x Herb, Roast 1x Butter, Roast 2x Carrot, Sous Vide 1x Potato, Sous Vide 1x Ginger with 5x Fuel.
Mushroom Risotto - Score: 10 - Recipe: Dice 1x Herb, Boil 1x Butter, Boil 1x Rice, Sautee 2x Mushrooms, Sautee 1x Garlic with 5x Fuel.
Bean Stuffed Peppers - Score: 8 - Recipe: Raw 1x Herb, Boil 1x Rice, Roast 2x Peppers, Simmer 1x Beans, Roast 1x Corn with 5x Fuel.
Zesty Seared Mushrooms - Score: 7 - Recipe: Slice 2x Herb, Sautee 1x Garlic, Sear 1x Butter, Sear 2x Mushrooms with 4x Fuel.
Potato Pierogi - Score: 7 - Recipe: Fry 1x Butter, Fry 2x Potato, Sear 1x Eggs, Sear 1x Flour with 5x Fuel.
Fried Rice - Score: 7 - Recipe: Slice 1x Pepper, Fry 1x Eggs, Fry 1x Rice, Sautee 1x Onion with 3x Fuel.
Pan Fried Spinach - Score 7 - Recipe: Dice 1x Garlic, Fry 1x Butter, Fry 2x Spinach, Sear 1x Onion with 4x Fuel.

In the single-player video game Bear and Breakfast, the scores of each of the recipes denote how much of a score they will add to a buffet when placed in one of its slots. Whether Hank puts just one of the recipe in the buffet or 20, it will still add the same base score to the buffet. Therefore, if players have a foodie with a food score of 24 coming to visit, they will need several different kinds of foods with scores that add up to at least 24. For example:

1x Pan Fried Spinach in a buffet is a score of 7.
10x Pan Fried Spinach in a buffet is a score of 7.
25x Pan Fried Spinach is still a score of 7.
1x Pan Fried Spinach + 1x Mushroom Risotto + 1x Fried Rice in a buffet is a score of 24. But when a visitor comes and eats a Fried Rice, the score of the buffet will be 17.
10x Pan Fried Spinach + 10x Mushroom Risotto + 10x Fried Rice in a buffet is also a score of 24, but when a visitor eats one thing, the score will not fall.

All Ingredients in Bear and Breakfast

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In order to cook all these delicious meals for all the guests that Hank will get at his properties, players will first need to forage the foods in this video game. Some can be found in stores, but most will be picked up off of the ground or out of trees. Here is a list of where to find everything:

Fuel - The most important ingredient will be the fuel to keep the fires going under all the appliances. Fuel is found all around the map, including just outside of the bus stop in Highlake, near the properties, the cabin, and Barabara's home in Pinefall, by the bus stop in Winterberry, and can be purchased from both Ipswitch's store in A24 and Jax's Fuel store in Winterberry.
Herbs - Darkgrove, Pinefall, Winterberry's Greenhouse, Highlake
Mushrooms - Darkgrove, Darkgrove Caves, Highlake
Sage - Darkgrove
Mint - Darkgrove Caves, Pinefall, Highlake
Peaches - Whitestone Bay
Honey - Whitestone Bay, Pinefall
Ginger - Whitestone Bay
Carrots - Pinefall, Winterberry's Greenhouse
Spinach - Pinefall
Potato - Pinefall, Highlake
Corn - Highlake
Beet - Winterberry's Greenhouse
Garlic - Pinefall, Winterberry's Greenhouse
Plums - Pinefall
Onion - Pinefall, Winterberry's Greenhouse, Highlake
Pepper - Pinefall, Winterberry's Greenhouse
Lemon - Winterberry's Greenhouse, Jax's House in Winterberry
Strawberries - Pinefall, Winterberry's Greenhouse
Tomato - Pinefall, Winterberry's Greenhouse, Highlake
Beans - Winterberry's Greenhouse
Apples - Pinefall, Highlake
Chamomile - Pinefall, Highlake
Blackberries - Beachside, Darkgrove Caves
Linden - Beachside, Darkgrove Caves