In the midst of the Mexican Revolution, a simmering love story unfolds in 'Like Water for Chocolate' by Laura Esquivel. Young Tita de la Garza, the family's youngest daughter, discovers that her destiny is entwined with both the kitchen and an impossible romance. Bound by tradition to care for her demanding mother and thus denied marriage, Tita expresses her passions and emotions through the sumptuous meals she creates. When her beloved Pedro marries her sister to remain close to her, Tita's culinary magic inadvertently reveals her unspoken love and yearning. Each chapter, themed around a Mexican recipe, flavors the narrative with the sensual spice of Tita's heartaches and small rebellions against an oppressive social order.