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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Phil Rosenthal hasn’t been to a country in Asia for his Netflix food travel series “Somebody Feed Phil” since the “Singapore” episode of Season 4 aired in 2020. But with the Season 7 debut Friday, the “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator is back in the east with four out of eight episodes, including an installment featuring one giant bucket-list destination Rosenthal has been anxiously dreaming about for years.

“I’ve always wanted to go to India, so Mumbai was a real thrill for me. I’ve always loved Indian food, I have so many beautiful Indian friends,” Rosenthal told Variety. “But there were two things that kept me away.”

First, he was “afraid” of the ethical complications of doing his goofy bits in a country with such deep contrasts in its population’s standard of living.

“They call Mumbai Maximum City because it has everything,” Rosenthal said. “You...

Season 7 of “Somebody Feed Phil” sees the titular comedy writer and globetrotter visit eight all-new locations — Mumbai, Washington, D.C., Kyoto, Iceland, Dubai, Orlando, Taipei and Scotland — as seen in a new trailer.

The series follows Phil Rosenthal, best known for creating and showrunning “Everybody Loves Raymond” for nine seasons on CBS from 1996 to 2005, as he travels to different cities throughout the world. Per the official logline, Season 7 is spent “uncovering hidden gems and encountering the heart and soul of each city with each bite. Phil forges connections through the universal language of food, celebrating the joy of discovery; and the shared experience of breaking bread together.”

Rosenthal’s travels are punctuated in the series by interactions with his friends and family. Notably, one episode of Season 6 was titled “Tribute to Helen and Max” and featured Rosenthal, his brother, their wives and their family friends reflecting on the lives of Rosenthal’s parents,...

Exclusive: Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal, star of Netflix’s docu series Somebody Feed Phil and bestselling author of “Somebody Feed Phil The Book,” has teamed with his daughter, actor and food influencer Lily Rosenthal, for their first children’s book, “Just Try It: A Phil & Lil Book,” which will be published Feb. 6, 2024 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

The father-and-daughter duo unveiled the cover for the picture book, illustrated by New York Times bestselling artist Luke Flowers, which features a food-loving dad who encourages his picky eater daughter to just try something new.

Lily Rosenthal

“We had so much fun creating this book based on our own experiences” Phil Rosenthal said. “I love traveling, especially with my kids. Seeing them grow up, experiencing things for the first time has been wonderful … and of course challenging sometimes. If you...

As Asian hate crimes spiked in the U.S. this year, actresses Lily Rosenthal and Olivia Sui, friends in life and food, were seeking to support the community in a way that would combine their roots. So they conceived the “Jewish-Chinese Alliance chicken sandwich,” combining fried chicken from Asian-owned Luther Bob’s with challah bread and a side of mini latkes. The response was so positive, recalls Rosenthal — daughter of Everybody Loves Raymond creator and Somebody Feed Phil star Phil Rosenthal — that the duo wondered, “if we can do this for our cultures, why don’t ...

As Asian hate crimes spiked in the U.S. this year, actresses Lily Rosenthal and Olivia Sui, friends in life and food, were seeking to support the community in a way that would combine their roots. So they conceived the “Jewish-Chinese Alliance chicken sandwich,” combining fried chicken from Asian-owned Luther Bob’s with challah bread and a side of mini latkes. The response was so positive, recalls Rosenthal — daughter of Everybody Loves Raymond creator and Somebody Feed Phil star Phil Rosenthal — that the duo wondered, “if we can do this for our cultures, why don’t ...