Like Water for Chocolate
- ISBN-10
- 0552995878
- ISBN-13
- 9780552995870
- Series
- Like Water for Chocolate
- Category
- Cooking, Mexican
- Pages
- 221
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Laura Esquivel
Description
A culinary romance set in Mexico. Condemned by tradition to look after her tyrannical mother and remain a spinster, Tita finds her destiny in the kitchens of the family ranch. Her recipes for Mexican dishes are woven into the story of her doomed romance with Pedro, her brother-in-law.
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