BOOKS AND ART: My “Like Water for Chocolate” Tour at Mia

By: Natalie Mazey

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: September 18, 2026

Words: 1,033

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago


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What does it mean to feel and what happens when true emotions are repressed for a lifetime? Those are the questions asked in the novel, Like Water for Chocolate, by Mexican novelist and screenwriter Laura Esquivel. The novel follows Tita, who longs for Pedro, yet cannot be with him due to her mother’s strict tradition: …

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