Local chefs Dan Kedan and Josh Silvers have the perfect watermelon salads for your Fourth of July BBQ

Next to hot dogs, watermelon deserves its rightful place on the picnic table at any Fourth of July feast. Sure, you can simply slice it and call it a day, but that’s just a little too easy for local chefs Dan Kedan and Josh Silvers. The two showed up to a hot dog taste off with dueling watermelon salads — less by accident and more by design. 15 years ago, when Silvers owned Syrah, a fine dining restaurant in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square, he collaborated on a cookbook with Jeff...