HBO Latino and MAX is serving up a new dish this fall with Like Water for Chocolate, a series based on Laura Esquivel’s magical realism novel. The story follows Tita de la Garza (Azul Guaita), whose love for Pedro Múzquiz (Andrés Baida) is thwarted by rigid family traditions. Relegated to the kitchen, Tita finds solace and a form of rebellion in her cooking, infusing her dishes with her passions and desires – with, one assumes, some interesting results for those who partake.
Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the series is a fusion of romance, family drama, and a dash of magical culinary chaos. The synopsis suggests we’ll see Tita struggle not only with her forbidden love but also with the larger issue of women fighting for autonomy in a patriarchal society. All this, while whipping up some truly potent meals.
Will Tita find a way to break free from tradition and embrace her own desires? Will Pedro finally stand up to the family constraints keeping them apart? And perhaps most importantly, will the food be enough to sustain viewers through what sounds like a potentially heavy dose of melodrama? Guess we’ll have to tune in and see what this particular recipe has in store.
The cast also includes Ana Valeria Becerril as Rosaura, Andrea Chaparro as Gertrudis, Ángeles Cruz as Nacha and Ari Brickman as Don Felipe
Like Water for Chocolate Series Premiere Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 8:00 pm EST on HBO Latino and MAX.
