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By: Ankit

Ankit — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:22:13 +0000

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Like Water for Chocolate book review What cooking | Cast Iron Cookware — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:48:16 +0000

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By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:14:30 +0000

Generalisation ahoy, but this is such a woman’s book! It just panders to those who are suckers for a bit of flowery language, and their convoluted ways of doing things wind me right up when it supposedly gives a real “Mexican feel” to the book (lettuce in your bathwater?! I mean, come on!). About halfway through, the magic realism started to irritate me, mainly because it was a bit ridiculous and didn’t really add anything to the story. Then I got to the ending. Woah Momma. That’s when the MR not only doesn’t add anything, it starts to detract from the story until it becomes completely unbelievable and undermines anything you might have been able to take away from the book. Another case of The Emperor’s New Clothes as far as I’m concerned. Fair play to old Esqui though, she’s made a fair bit of moolah from it!

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:08:00 +0000

Do you have any instant messenger? I could try to help you with that if you drop me a line. Or try this recipe which is very close to how they make them in Mexico.

By: sophie

sophie — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:34:13 +0000

I am studying this book for my spanish A level, and we decided to each make a recipe from the book, i chose to make the ‘chiles en nogada’ because it sounded and looked (in the film) like the nicest one, however i can’t for the life of me figure out the exact recipe!!

Could some one please give me some help? i need to make this dish in the next 28 hours!!

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:20:03 +0000

I don’t think it is based on a true story, Cynthia. But the story is occurs around the time of the Mexican Revolution in the beginning of the 20th century. So it is really great to read about how they used to cook food without all the tools we have now in our kitchens.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:14:03 +0000

You should read the book, too. It will change your life, trust me
And I’ve heard about that Allende’s book, but haven’t read it yet. I will as soon as I catch up on my reading after New Year’s

Merry Xmas to you too!!!

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:12:01 +0000

I’m glad to hear other people who love the book as much as I do. This book also changed the way I looked at food. I can read it over and over again without getting tired of it.
Thanks for dropping by. Mi casa es su cas

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:08:59 +0000

You are ready to roll :-p