georgeyy

This book is about love, passion and food (mexican food in this case). Although this is a story of forbidden love, you are rooted for them instead of the married couple, it is almost impossible to be fond of Rosuara - I still cannot believe the tradition of the youngest sister not marrying and looking after the mother and also cannot believe the mother's offering an older sister for marriage. I realised - even though I don't want to accept - that I like magical realism, it makes me feel like the book/story and the taste left is enchanted. There are also total of 12 recipes which each is in the beginning of every chapter. And they make you crave for Mexican food :) Each dish tells about Tita's emotions -mainly about Pedro- and effects whoever eats them. The characters are strong and heroine is easily lovable -wish I could say the same for Mama Elena- you can easily feel the chemistry between Tita and Pedro and ache for their helplessness and their love and the writing has a sensuality about it, that makes you use your imagination, even with the simplest words. 'Whenever she closed her eyes she saw scenes from last Christmas, the first time Pedro and his family had been invited to dinner; the scenes grew more and more vivid, and the cold within her grew sharper. Despite the time that had passed since that evening, she remembered it perfectly: the sounds, the smells, the way her new dress had grazed the freshly waxed floor, the look Pedro gave her ... That look! She had been walking to the table carrying a tray of egg-yolk candies when she first felt his hot gaze burning her skin. She turned her head, and her eyes met Pedro's. It was then she understood how dough feels when it is plunged into boiling oil. The heat that invaded her body was so real she was afraid she would start to bubble — her face, her stomach, her heart, her breasts — like batter, and unable to endure his gaze she lowered her eyes and hastily crossed the room....'

2022-10-21 05:21