Like Water for Chocolate Cooking as a Remedy Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

It wasn't easy for a person whose knowledge was based on the kitchen to comprehend the outside world. (1, 7)

Luckily for Tita, the kitchen is the one place she can express herself and let out her emotions. If not, who knows if she would have survived?

Quote #2

Soups can cure any illness, whether physical or mental. (7, 410)

Ox-tail soup for the soul, indeed. Something about the hot liquid, or the love used to make it, seems to cure Tita in her darkest hour.

Quote #3

With the first sip, Nacha appeared there at [Tita's] side, stroking her hair as she ate […]. (7, 421)

Who knew soup could conjure up spirits, too? Food and memory are intertwined in the novel, and there's no way that a bowl of soup is just a bowl of soup.