Recipes in Like Water for Chocolate
I recently finished reading this novel and was absolutely swept away, especially by the appealing recipes weaved in.
Just curious, has anyone actually tried making any of the recipes in the book? If so, what were your results?
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9 Comments:
I read this book before I started cooking (and when I was way too young for it to be appropriate) and thought about it. I'd love to give it a shot if I could get my hands on another copy. I know my mom would be interested too, so long as I didn't pick the recipe for matches.
I think that first recipe, the quail with roses (was that the first recipe?) is what I'd most want to try.
renzata at 10:40AM on 12/05/08
You guys do know this is also a movie, right?
I wonder if there is extra recipe content on the DVD version...
akk328 at 12:27PM on 12/05/08
I loved the movie and the novel; unfortunately though I don't think the DVD has any special recipe section...that would be a great idea though! I'd love to try the quail with rose petals too. It's such an interesting concept!
cardamompod at 1:12PM on 12/05/08
I saw the movie when it came out, and then looked through the book, since I'd heard that there were recipes... I copied down several (the quail with roses intrigued me, too), but somehow, never got around to trying them. I need to unearth them and give them a try.
mongoose at 3:31PM on 12/05/08
I've made the quail dish a few times. The recipes don't contain amounts so you have to guess but the flavor combinations are right on. Don't be afraid to experiment. Good luck!
wazup1999 at 4:11PM on 12/05/08
yes. the quail with rose sauce sounded absolutely divine, for lack of a better word, i was also interested in the chiles with walnut sauce. thanks (:
@wazup1999: where did you buy the rose oil? do you think it's worth it to buy?
tiffanybite at 11:05PM on 12/05/08
I read the book first, then saw the movie with subtitles, then saw it without subtitles. With subtitles is much more fun.
I didn't try any of the recipes but they looked like they made sense...
therealchiffonade at 6:12PM on 12/06/08
Ha. I remember giving a talk on the book for my Spanish class many years ago. We had to give a five-minute talk in Spanish, somehow related to Spanish or Hispanic culture.
I said that I wanted to cook one of the recipes from the book for them, but I didn't want them to weep, or to run off to have sex, as happened when Tita cooked various items. So instead I made them someone else's (Maida Heatter's) Mexican Wedding Cake cookies. My niece told me that any talk should include cookies.
floretbroc at 11:35AM on 12/08/08
I was intrigued by the book years ago and concocted a recipe for the Christmas rolls which I use frequently. I remember that a chef in Chicago completed the recipes and offered a "Like Water For Chocolate" dinner on Valentines day. Living in the Southwest I encounter people from deep in Mexico and those who were from Spanish families which settled in New Mexico. I always ask if they are familiar with those old recipes and have never met anyone who has even heard of them! maybe the author could enlighten us!
ellym at 2:59PM on 12/30/08