Food equals memory and memory equals immortality. In the recipes we pass down from generation to generation, in the food of our mothers, we reawaken the past, make the present more real, perhaps capture a bit of the future. Food is about history, with handed down recipes such as in Like Water for Chocolate, the chef can remember the past. Tita, when she cooked could remember Nacha and her mother. Food is a major part …showed first 75 words of 681 total…

…showed last 75 words of 681 total…of the rest of the characters in the story, since without the use of this food to convey an added sense of power over the story, the story itself would not be as interesting for the most part. All depending on where the food originated from (chef) and/or the chef's emotions during the preparation process. Tita communicates her feeling through the food, and she really seems to transform the food with her own emotions.