Manuel Azevedo takes Sonoma's LaSalette in new directionManuel Azevedo, standing in Tasca Tasca in Sonoma, earlier this year. (Photo: The Chronicle) After 19 years as the chef and owner of LaSalette, Manuel Azevedo says that the sane thing for him to do would be to keep the Sonoma restaurant running smoothly and take more vacations. The Portuguese-Californian bistro is having its best year, he says. His three other restaurants — Cafe Lucia, Tasca Tasca and Shiso — are doing well. Yet success has come with a mid-career malaise. “I love what I do and I want to do it, health willing, for another 10 to 20 years,” the 50-year-old chef says. “What is it
