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Like Water for Chocolate is Laura Esquivel’s celebrated novel of love, family, food, and tradition, told in twelve monthly installments that weave the story together with traditional Mexican recipes and home remedies. Set in Mexico, it follows Tita, the youngest daughter of the De la Garza family, who is forbidden by family tradition from marrying the man she loves and instead must remain home to care for her domineering mother. Tita pours her powerful emotions into her cooking, with extraordinary and sometimes magical consequences for everyone who eats her food. Blending romance, family drama, Mexican culture, recipes, and magical realism, the novel became an international bestseller and inspired the acclaimed film adaptation. This hardcover is the 1992 first English-language edition.