Sunday, May 10, 2020
Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Like Water for Chocolate
The book by Laura Esquivel is the Cinco Di Mayo offering of The Bibliophile's Devotional. Yes, the photo above is a promo for the movie, but it so captures the essence of the book and the food.
The Devotional sums up the novel this way -
"Words seem to literally smolder on the page of this Mexican author's exuberant first novel. A tribute to the senses, it combines magical realism, seething eroticism, and food to concoct a sensual feast."
Each chapter opens with an extravagant recipe: For turkey mole she writes: "Fifteen days before the turkey is to be killed, begin feeding it small walnuts."
A lush novel that reaches for all your senses and it has two of my favorites in the title.
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