Like Water for Chocolate (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Laura Esquivel
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Plot: Romance
- Time of Work: The 1910’s to the early 1930’s
- Setting: Near Piedras Negras, Mexico
- Principal Characters: Tita de la Garza, Pedro Muzquiz, Mamá Elena, Rosaura, Gertrudis, John Brown, Nacha
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Magical Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: Tradition, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, Supernatural, Marriage, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Emotions, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Duty, Food, Cookery or cooks, Mexico or Mexicans, Latin America or Latin Americans
- Locales: Piedras Negras, Mexico
The Novel
Like Water for Chocolate combines the story of a forbidden romance between Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz with a collection of traditional, mouth-watering Mexican recipes. The title, from a Spanish expression meaning “boiling mad,” refers to Tita’s anger that an absurd family tradition prevents her from marrying and dictates that, as the youngest daughter, she remain at home to care for her mother, Mamá Elena. Like the title, all the incidents in the novel are related to cooking.
Organized like a recipe calendar, each chapter corresponds to a...
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