Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Author:Laura Esquivel [Esquivel, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Occult, Families, Family, Mexico, General, Romance, Cookery; Mexican, Fiction
ISBN: 9780385474016
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 1994-07-31T23:00:00+00:00

When they tried to fix the date for the wedding, Tita learned of John's desire to delay it for a while so he could make a trip to the northern part of the United States to bring back his only living aunt, whom he wanted to attend the ceremony. This presented a serious problem for Tita: she wanted to get away from the ranch-and the proximity of Pedras quickly as possible.

To formalize their engagement, John handed Tita a beautiful diamond ring. Tita looked at it for a long time, shining on her finger. The glints of light it gave off reminded her of the gleam in Pedro's eyes a short time ago, when he was watching her naked, and a poem that Nancha had taught her as a child came into her head: The sun lights up a drop of dew The drop of dew soon dries You are the light of my eyes, my eyes I'm brought to life by you Rosaura was moved by the tears in her sister's eyes, taking them for tears of joy, and she felt a slight lifting of the guilt she sometimes suffered for having married Tita's sweetheart. Then, quite enthused, she poured them each a glass of champagne and called for a toast, to the happiness of the engaged couple. When all four of them gathered together in the center of the living room to drink the toast, Pedro clinked his glass so violently against the others' that it broke into a thousand pieces and their champagne was splashed onto their clothes and faces.

It was a blessing that Chencha appeared at this very moment, amid the reigning confusion, and pronounced those magical words supper is sen'ed. That announcement restored the calm and the good cheer that the occasion warranted but that they had been on the point of losing.

When the talk turns to eating, a subject of the greatest importance, only fools and sick men don't give it the I I? attention it deserves. And, that not being the case here, in a fine mood, they all made their way to the dining room.

During supper everything went very smoothly, thanks to the graceful intervention Chencha provided while serving. The meal wasn't as delicious as on some other occasions, perhaps because of the bad temper Tita was in while she prepared it, but neither could you say it wasn't pleasant. Champandongo is a dish with such a refined flavor that no temper can be bad enough to ruin its enjoyment. When they had finished, Tita walked John to the door and there gave him a big farewell kiss. John was thinking of leaving the following day, so that he could come back as soon as possible.

Returning to the kitchen, Tita thanked Chencha for the great help she'd been and then sent her to clean the room and the mattress she would be using with her husband Jesus. Before getting into bed, they had to make sure they wouldn't discover the undesirable presence of bedbugs in their room.

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