Food equals memory and memory equals immortality. In the recipes we pass down from generation to generation, in the food of our mothers, we reawaken the past, make the present more real, perhaps capture a bit of the future. Food is about history, with handed down recipes such as in Like Water for Chocolate, the chef can remember the past. Tita when she cooked could remember, Nacha and her mother. Food is a major part of the story, and is somewhat obvious as the title itself is about food. The title (Like Water for Chocolate) itself, is a M ....