SR Spotlight: Chef Viljo Basso/Syringa

This occasional series helps us get to know local chefs. We’ll learn about where they dine out and who or what inspired them in their culinary careers. Plus, they’ll share a recipe. Here’s a Q&A with Viljo Basso of Syringa and The Bluebird in Coeur d’Alene:

What’s your favorite dish to cook at home? Any rustic-style roast. I love the simplicity, and it reminds me of my childhood.

Where do you eat when you eat out? I eat out all over the place: Gordy’s Sichuan Café, Ruins, Wandering Table, Flying Goat, Capone’s, Moontime, Franklin’s Hoagies, Paragon Brewing, Fleur de Sel. I think I eat out too much sometimes. I do some form of that rotation all year long/ Adriana Janovich , SR. More here.