Down Home : Downtown: Seasonal Recipes from Two Sonoma Wine Country Restaurants

California Wine Country chefs/restaurateurs Jeff Mall (Zin Restaurant & Wine Bar) and Josh Silvers (Syrah Bistro) epitomize the culinary style of Wine Country cuisine. Using the freshest, local ingredients from the bounty of nearby Sonoma County farms and artisan food producers, they have each fashioned popular, award-winning restaurants in the heart of Northern California's Wine Country. Serving innovative dishes inspired by the vibrant foods of the seasons, the two chefs bring two very different approaches to the table: Zin is casual with a "down home" menu; Syrah is more elegant, with a "downtown" ambiance and menu made for entertaining and special occasions. Down Home: Downtown is a lively, culinary dialogue between these two chefs, featuring over 64 recipes organized by season that use the same ingredients in very different ways"down home" recipes for weeknight, family meals, and "downtown," for weekend or special occasion entertaining.