INTRODUCTION

CHARLIE GESELL

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Visitors from all over come to Sonoma County not just for the wine but for the food, for the fresh produce, seasonal cooking and simply delicious flavors of our region.

Each week in our Sonoma Feast section, The Press Democrat brings readers ways to take advantage of our culinary bounty, with recipes from local chefs, bakers, winemakers and restaurateurs. In this first Press Democrat cookbook, we’ve collected some of the best recipes from the past several years of Feast.

In these pages, you can sample spring veggies, grill your best burger, bake comforting desserts and shake homegrown cocktails and mocktails for entertaining family and friends.

The recipes are accompanied by the food photography of our award-winning Press Democrat staff. Individual chapters are devoted to appetizers; salads; meat, seafood and vegetarian entrees; desserts; cocktails and more. Also, chef and cookbook author John Ash offers wine pairing suggestions in a special section following the recipes.

Enjoy these tasty dishes as you make a toast to spring and the top-notch food and wine that have flourished together to become synonymous with Sonoma County.

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