Like Water for Chocolate

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Like Water for Chocolate is a popular novel, published in 1989 by first-time Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel. The novel follows the story of a young girl named Tita who longs her entire life for her lover, Pedro, but can never have him because of her domineering mother's traditional belief that the youngest daughter must not marry but instead care for her parents. Tita is only able to express her passions and feelings through her cooking, which causes the people who taste it to experience what she feels. The novel was originally published in Spanish as Como agua para chocolate and has been translated into thirty languages; there are over three million copies in print worldwide. The novel also makes heavy use of magical realism.

Chapters

The chapters are not numbers but rather months. This gives the book the feeling and structure of a cookbook, and each chapter begins with a recipe for some special dish.

January - Christmas Rolls
February - Chabela Wedding Cake
March - Quail in Rose Petal Sauce
April - Turkey Mole with Almonds and Sesame Seeds
May - Northern-style Chorizo
June - A Recipe for Making Matches
July - Ox-Tail Soup
August - Champandongo
September - Chocolate and Three Kings' Day Bread
October - Cream Fritters
November - Beans with Chile Tezcuana-style
December - Chiles in Walnut Sauce

Movie

A film based on the book was released in 1993, which earned all 11 Ariel awards of the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures and became the highest grossing foreign film ever released in the United States at the time.

This movie is an example of Latin American Magical Realism.

External links

Try the recipes at this [Restaurant in Oaxaca]

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