El Dorado County_Foothills_Style Magazine - November 2018
Food is more than just fuel. It’s a social centerpiece and provides a foundation for some of our fondest, funniest, and most-talked about memories. And in this month’s issue, we have plenty of pieces focused around it, beginning with our feature, Top Chefs (page 29), where Luna Anona introduces you to 10 of our region’s culinary tastemakers—each with their own signature cooking style and skill set. Though the types of cuisine they dish out vastly vary, all of them share a passion for preparing mouthwatering plates. Learn all about them, including their food philosophies, favorite restaurants, top cooking tips, and how they rose to the top, then stop by their respective eateries to taste the fruits of their labor. Whatever your calendar looks like these next 30 days, I hope it’s filled with good friends, good food, and good times. Cheers!
Food is more than just fuel. It’s a social centerpiece and provides a foundation for some of our fondest, funniest, and most-talked about memories. And in this month’s issue, we have plenty of pieces focused around it, beginning with our feature, Top Chefs (page 29), where Luna Anona introduces you to 10 of our region’s culinary tastemakers—each with their own signature cooking style and skill set. Though the types of cuisine they dish out vastly vary, all of them share a passion for preparing mouthwatering plates. Learn all about them, including their food philosophies, favorite restaurants, top cooking tips, and how they rose to the top, then stop by their respective eateries to taste the fruits of their labor.
Whatever your calendar looks like these next 30 days, I hope it’s filled with good friends, good food, and good times. Cheers!
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the arts<br />
Tracy<br />
Lauth<br />
Called to Create<br />
by HEATHER L. BECKER<br />
Award-winning plein air artist Tracy Lauth has roots rich in California’s<br />
Gold Rush history. Growing up in Salinas—where her family settled<br />
in the mid-1800s to seek their fortune—Lauth continued living<br />
in the Bay Area after graduating from the International Culinary<br />
Center. The former executive chef and owner of Black Tie Fine<br />
Catering eventually traded her pots and pans in for paintbrushes<br />
and turned her detail-oriented, artistic eye to canvas—capturing<br />
majestic cities and landscapes filled with emotion and light. Since relocating with her<br />
husband to Placerville, Lauth has held solo exhibits throughout the area at Marshall<br />
Medical Center and the <strong>El</strong> <strong>Dorado</strong> <strong>County</strong> Board of Supervisors office, and shown her work<br />
at Harris Center’s Bank of America Gallery and numerous juried competitions. “Being a<br />
full-time artist doesn’t mean you paint full-time—people often have an image of artists<br />
artbeat<br />
<strong>November</strong> 15 – Sketch<br />
Night. Enjoy informal<br />
instruction at three<br />
different locales<br />
in the Crocker Art<br />
Museum, relax in your<br />
own favorite spot to<br />
sketch, and pop in<br />
for games and gallery<br />
hunts from 6-9 p.m.<br />
All ages and drawing<br />
levels are welcome.<br />
crockerart.org/<br />
event/1787/<strong>2018</strong>-11-15<br />
as dark, moody, introverts hidden away in a studio surrounded<br />
by unfinished [pieces] where they work 24 hours a day creating<br />
masterpieces,” shares Lauth. “That’s mostly in the movies. I live a<br />
bright, fulfilling life.”<br />
HLB: WHEN DID YOU DISCOVER YOUR TALENT FOR PLEIN AIR?<br />
TL: I started in photorealism, [followed by impressionism] with<br />
a bit of abstract thrown in, and was exclusively a studio painter.<br />
When an opportunity arose to enter a plein air competition, I took a<br />
chance. Painting outdoors was amazing; I was seeing everything in<br />
its natural state: colors, shadows, values, tones, and life! I painted<br />
the same scene five times in three days until I got it right and won<br />
Poppy Field After Spring Rain<br />
Mammoth Lakes<br />
Artwork photos courtesy of TRACY LAUTH.<br />
Artist photos by DANTE FONTANA.<br />
16 styleedc.com // NOVEMBER <strong>2018</strong> // /styleedc /stylemediagroup /stylemediagroup /stylemagedcf
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