Like+Water+for+Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate - (//como agua para chocolate//) meaning to melt chocolate over boiling water to make hot chocolate or indeed a euphemism for overwhelmingly powerful feelings, typically of sexual arousal - its full title appends: //A novel in monthly installments with recipes, romances and home remedies//. What could be better?

If you would like a full study guide, please ask me, but here are some useful resources to be getting on with;

A short and simple summary of themes, characters and the use of food as metaphor. (from http://academic.regis.edu/jroth/CCS400.LikeWaterNotes.htm)



Snap off these chunks of cocoa milk goodness essay titles and commentaries: (www.paperstarter.com/waterforchocolate.htm)



An interesting article about Gender and Identity in LWFC here: @http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/water_chocolate.html

A pleasingly comprehensive summary and analysis can be found here: []