In the years after working with Ray Romano on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” and dropping out of a lunch meeting with a MAGA-hat donning Larry David—who only wore it to shockingly shoo Phil away—on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Rosenthal’s current project “Somebody Feed Phil,” which was just renewed for a seventh season, centers around the 63-year-old traveling the world and eating local. His current tour centers around his companion cookbook, “Somebody Feed Phil: The Book,” which was released last fall.
If you spend the $50 extra for him to sign your copy of the book—which will not be available for sale at the Straz on Friday night—maybe bring a copy of Best of the Bay, in case he asks for some recommendations.
This article appears in Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2023.