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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies by Laura Esquirel (1992 ed.)

Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate is a beloved work of magical realism set on a family ranch in northern Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Told through twelve monthly chapters—each beginning with a traditional recipe—the novel follows Tita De La Garza, the youngest daughter in the family, who is forbidden by tradition from marrying so she can care for her domineering mother, Mama Elena.

When Tita falls in love with Pedro Muzquiz, Mama Elena instead forces Pedro to marry Tita’s sister Rosaura. Pedro agrees only to remain close to Tita. Tita pours her heartbreak into her cooking—literally. Her emotions infuse her dishes, producing powerful, often supernatural effects on everyone who eats them, from uncontrollable grief to overwhelming passion.

As Tita navigates love, loss, family cruelty, and the search for independence, food becomes her voice, her resistance, and her pathway to self‑discovery. The novel blends romance, cultural tradition, and emotional intensity with vivid, sensory storytelling.

Rich, sensual, and fiercely imaginative, Like Water for Chocolate remains a modern classic—an unforgettable tale of love, longing, and the transformative power of cooking.

Copyright: Translated from Spanish to English and originally published in 1950. This paperback copy was published by Doubleday in 1992 with cover art including “NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM MIRAMAX”.

Condition: Okay. Loved. Vintage.

ISBN-10: 0385420161

ISBN-13: 9780385420167

Dewey Decimal: 863.64