Miercoles 20: Historia Discografica II (Hugo Leyva), Jazz Combo (Enrique Valadez), Diana Rios, Ensamble Nuc (Eduardo
Piastra), Tarr Trio, Azul Traumatico (Hector Ornelas), Codex (Pablo Wong), Los Infantes (Hector Infanzon) y Verastegui/Cupich/Nandayapa Trio.
Alla
Piastra means cooking on a flat griddle over a hot fire.
I thought the food in the main dining room was excellent, but here you'll find extra-stylish, even exotic, Italian fare: Pappardelle Montecatini con crema, Gamberoni cotti in padella, Filetto di manzo alia
piastra, and so on--a very extensive menu of regional dishes.
1 Hinkley's Salem four-light bath bar, finished in brownstone, features hand-painted
piastra glass.
The surface of Nanni Valentini's
Piastra bianca (White tile), 1978, is of gesso built up so thickly as to become sculptural; a mass of orange-brown stoneware is stuffed into a hole in its cracked, pale gray surface, suggesting a decaying structure that has been roughly patched.
