Like Water for Chocolate Summary
Laura Esquivel

Like Water for Chocolate Both in style and content, Like Water for Chocolate (1993) represented a highwater mark in the late twentieth-century renaissance of the Mexican cinema, and became the highest... Read more

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Laura Esquivel grew up in Mexico, where she set her first novel, Like Water for Chocolate. Integral to the novel and drawn from her own experience is the ... Read more

A teacher by trade, Laura Esquivel gained international attention with Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies and The Law of Love. In both b... Read more

In the following review, Polk discusses the role of food and food preparation in Like Water for Chocolate. Printed on the menu of the diner where I used to have lunch was the message, “Eating i... Read more

In the following essay, Jaffe examines the community-like qualities of recipe sharing and the empowerment women can obtain from the kitchen. The women of this city are somewhat light in their carriage... Read more

In the following essay, Ibsen explains that Como agua para chocolate is not feminine literature as much as it is a parody of male-orientated literature. Despite its popularity with the reading public,... Read more

In the following essay, Dobrian states that through the use of parody in Como agua para chocolate, Esquivel is not ridiculing romance novels, she is denouncing the male-domination in society that make... Read more

In the following essay, Bilbija compares and contrasts Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate and Silvia Plager's Like Potatoes for Varenike. “… for example, food is to be eat... Read more

In the following essay, Hoeg studies the importance of the “gringo” scientist, Dr. John Brown, in Como agua para chocolate. In Becoming a Scientist in Mexico: The Challenge of Creating a... Read more

Freedom is a necessity in life that leads to growth and the gaining of experience. Like Water for Chocolate is a Mexican romance written by Laura Esquivel. In this story, characters such as Tita, Ger... Read more

Gender plays a significant role in family and societal traditions. Some families place such a large importance on that role that it is impossible for a person to achieve his or her goals or live his ... Read more

In the book Like Water for Chocolate, the women of the De La Garza family are all very strong in their own ways. Each of the three sisters Tita, Gertrudis, and Rosaura and the mother Mama Elena have s... Read more