A portrait of Maneul Azevedo
Manuel Azevedo will be one of the featured chefs at the Feast of the Olives in Sonoma on January 28, 2012. One of features that stands out in his restaurant are the lovely copper pots hanging above the bar. Manuel is very personable and I so enjoyed our photo session.
Azorean-born chef Manuel Azevedo has been the owner, manager, and head chef of Sonoma Valley’s acclaimed LaSalette Restaurant since 1998. Named after Chef Azevedo’s mother, LaSalette celebrates the historically vast and varied flavors found in traditional Portuguese cuisine while delivering a modern interpretation of Portuguese food and cooking. This unique blend of traditional Portuguese flavors presented with a contemporary edge is the basis of Chef Azevedo’s signature Cozinha Nova Portuguesa – new Portuguese cuisine. At the heart of the philosophy of Cozinha Nova Portuguesa is the belief that using local, fresh, seasonal ingredients will not only result in healthier and more sustainable food consumption practices, but it will also create appreciably tastier dishes. To this end, LaSalette draws upon the finest local Californian ingredients to create its distinctively Portuguese dishes.
La Salette Restaurant offers fresh, Inventive Mediterranean and Iberian Cuisine in the heart of the Sonoma Valley Wine Country. Seafood and Portuguese Cuisine are our specialties. Many of these dishes come steaming hot out of the wood-burning oven and fill the dining room with the exotic aromas of true Mediterranean cuisine. The menu reflects the commitment of Chef and Owner Manuel Azevedo to creating the unique culinary delights of his native Portugal and its neighbors.
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