Mexico · Literary fiction
Like Water for Chocolate
On the De la Garza ranch, Tita’s life is governed by family tradition and her formidable mother. The kitchen becomes the place where her feelings find expression, and the meals she prepares can pass desire, sorrow and longing to those who eat them.
Recipes organise this novel of love and family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico. Cooking is both everyday work and a language powerful enough to disturb the household’s rules. Esquivel makes a reading journey out of tastes, rituals and emotions that refuse to remain private.
“A mystical Mexican love story that will charm the palate and the heart.”
USA Today, quoted by Penguin Random House
Magical realism; Romance; Food & drink; Family; Screen adaptation