“Chocolate with boiling water” opens a new page in Latin American “magical realism”. This book most paradoxically combines reality and fiction, eroticism and mysticism, a love story and recipes for Mexican cuisine. For her debut novel, Laura Esquivel received such a prestigious literary award as the American Booksellers Association Prize.

You probably have an idea about Mexican TV series. “Chocolate with boiling water” is from the same cohort. He loves her, she loves him, but for some complex reasons they cannot be together for many, many years. But then they reunite with such strength of passion that they die in each other’s arms. All this is seasoned, to the delight of the reader, with sharp humor. And, to the delight of cooks, there are endless recipes for dishes, which are prepared by the main character, a born cook, ardent and faithful to her only love, Tita, as the action progresses. Love with pepper - Mexican exotic!