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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

By RachelUndefined on January 7, 2009 • ( 0 )

Opening Sentence:Take care to chop the onion fine.
Synopsis:A novel in Monthly Instalments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies.
Genre:Literature & Fiction
Rating:@@@@1/2 (Not quite good enough for 5 but better than a 4).
Pages:241
BCID:xxx-5517914
ISBN:o-385-47401-6
Year:1992
Format:Paperback
Comments:What an absolutely wonderful book! The author has captured the essence of food and the importance it plays in many cultures, while gracing us with a hugely sensual and romantic novel. Like Water for Chocolate is a feast for the eyes, the mind and the palate, using the unique format of a cookbook to demonstrate the daily life and frustrations for women in civil war era Mexico. I would love to try out some of the recipes, if I could figure out what many of the ingredients are! I highly recommend this book.

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