Like Water For Chocolate

Laura Esquivel began her career as a screenwriter. Her 1990 debut novel, Like Water for Chocolate, became a literary sensation, translated into over forty languages and selling over 10 million copies worldwide. The 1992 motion picture based on the novel, with a script written by Esquivel, garnered international acclaim and broke box-office records for a foreign language film. A major ballet adaptation choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2022.Esquivel's subsequent novels, The Law of Love, Swift As Desire and Malinche, shared success amongst critics and the public alike. Her most recent titles, Tita's Diary and The Colours of My Past, complete a trilogy that began with Like Water for Chocolate.

"This magical, mythical, moving story of love, sacrifice and simmering sensuality is something I shall savour for a long time" -- Maureen Lipman "It's a joy... it has an energetic charm that's quite impossible to resist" Literary Review "If originality, a compelling tale and an adventure in the kitchen are what you crave, Like Water For Chocolate serves up the full helping" -- Carla Matthews San Francisco Chronicle "A wondrous, romantic tale, fuelled by mystery and superstitition as well as by the recipes that introduce each chapter" Los Angeles Times "Exuberant... for those who like their wines full-bodied and their meals rich and zesty... earthly secrets of strength, suffering, passion and cooking in a humorous and well-drawn portrait of a woman who loves as well as she cooks" Washington Post