Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes,… (original 1989; edition 1994)

I adored movie made by this book, and the book was even better. I loved the organisation of chapters - how each chapter is a recipe and how writer trough description of preparing the meal told us about event related to Tita's and Pedro love story. ( )

very enjoyable read about food and love with hints of magical realism! ( )

I think I've decided that magical realism and I don't mesh well together. I had to stop reading this. I couldn't handle it. It's just waaaaaaay too much. GICK.

wow, this is a fast read. it's funny because after all the high-blown language in the last book i read (that i complained about) i felt like there wasn't enough in this one.

really, though, i liked this book so much more when i first read it years and years ago. i still *love* the idea and imagery of feelings and emotions being cooked into food and affecting everyone who eats the meal. but it just wasn't written all that well (or translated all that well, it's hard for me to know).

kept me reading and was good, just not great. ( )

I've sent solskinns copy as a wishlist RABCK on its way to a new reader.