Personal And Cultural Expression In Like Water For Chocolate

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For my chosen global context, I believe that personal and cultural expression is best shown in Like Water For Chocolate. The book by Laura Esquieval is based around culture and how Tita expresses herself as a human and incorporates recipes into the book in order to tell the story. Tita expresses herself by cooking. Therefore, she infuses her emotions into cooking based on the flavors, smells, and textures of her dishes that evoke nostalgia and a connection to Mexican traditions and allows cooking to speak for herself when words unfortunately cannot. Titas connection with food grows over the years as she gets more and more recipes down. Whether it is love, anger, or sadness, Tita finds a way to tie that into the flavor, texture, and temperature