Like water for chocolate

HERE IS THE SUMMARY OF THE MAGICAL REALIST NOVEL "LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE WHICH IS ORIGINALLY TWELVE CHAPTERS. EACH CHAPTER IS NAMED AFTER THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND STARTS WITH A RECIPE. I’VE CONSISTED TO TO FOUR PARTS AS SEASONS WITH HIGHLIGHTING THE PICK POINTS OF THE NOVEL. IN MY PROJECT I WILL EXPLORE THE EFFECT OF FOUR RHYTHM ALLIANCE IN THE STORY BY DESIGNING A SERIES OF ADDITIONAL LINKING UTENSILS IN THE KITCHEN WHICH ILLUSTRATES THE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS TO SENSIBLE EFFECTS.
The book is divided into twelve sections named after the months of the year. Each section begins with a recipe of some sort, involving Mexican foods. The chapters outline the preparation of the dish and ties it to an event in the protagonist's life.
Young Tita de la Garza, the novel's protagonist, is fifteen at the start of the events in the story, which take place in the era of the Mexican Revolution. She lives with her iron-fisted mother, Mama Elena, and her older sisters Gertrudis and Rosaura, on a ranch near the Mexico-US border.
Tita's admirer, Pedro, comes to ask for her hand in marriage, but Mama Elena forbids it on the grounds of the De la Garza family tradition, which demands that the youngest daughter (in this case Tita) must remain unmarried and take care of her mother until death. (1) Polyrhythmia, co-existence of two or more rhythms without the conflict or dissonance that suggests arrhythmia;
Pedro then reluctantly marries Tita's older sister Rosaura instead, and a distraught Tita can hardly keep from being grieved, even though Pedro maintains it is Tita he loves and not Rosaura, and that he only married Rosaura to be closer to Tita.
Tita has a love of the kitchen and a sharp connection with food of any sort, a skill her sisters lack. Tita unconsciously begins to use the power of food to draw Pedro away from Rosaura, with the rest of the family and hired help becoming pawns in the scheme.
As the story unfolds, Pedro begins to fall under the developing spell of romance caused by Tita's kitchen skills. It is also important to note that Rosaura's cooking skills are poor, and this makes Pedro even more unattracted to her, as he barely wanted to consummate their marriage to begin with. But side effects do result, as when Rosaura and Pedro are forced to leave for San Antonio, Texas, at the urging of Mama Elena, who is firmly against a relationship between Tita and Pedro, and Rosaura loses her son Roberto and is later made sterile after complications with the birth of daughter Esperanza. Meanwhile, Tita's elder sister Gertrudis accidentally becomes affected by Tita's culinary delights and leaves the ranch naked with a revolutionary soldier (though she returns as the head of a revolutionary army).
Upon learning the news of her nephew's death, whom she cared for herself, Tita blames her mother; Mama Elena responds by beating Tita furiously with a wooden spoon. Tita, not wanting to cope with her mother's controlling ways, secludes herself in a dovecote until the sympathetic Dr. John Brown reasons with her, and convinces her to come down. (2) Arrhythmia, conflict or dissonance between or among two or more rhythms, such as might occur (biologically) in an ill person;
Mama Elena clearly states that there is no place for "lunatics" like Tita on the farm, and wants her to be institutionalized. However, the Doctor decides to take care of Tita at his home instead. Tita eventually enters into a relationship with Dr. Brown, even planning to marry him at one point, but she cannot shake her feelings for Pedro.
After the removal of all obstacles to the relationship between Tita and Pedro, the lovers finally share a night of bliss that is so heated and passionate that Pedro actually dies while making love to Tita. (3) Isorhythmia, the rarest association between rhythms, implies equivalence of repetition, measure and frequency.
Upset that Pedro dies while she lives, leaving her alone in the world, Tita proceeds to consume kitchen matches whilst thinking of his face. The matches are sparked by the heat of his memory, creating a fire that engulfs them both, leading to their deaths in union and the total destruction of the ranch. The narrator of the story is the daughter of Esperanza. Esperanza is Tita's niece and Rosaura and Pedro's daughter, and Dr. Brown's son, Alex, will marry her at the conclusion of the story. (4) Eurhythmia, constructive interaction between or among two or more rhythms, such as occurs in healthy creatures; The narrator then says that all that was found under the smoldering rubble of the ranch was Tita's cookbook, which contained all the recipes described in the preceding chapters.[8]
Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
Bruce Barton
Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.
Cecil Taylor
ELEMENTS: HEAT – LIGHT – SOUND – MOVEMENT
• Christmas Rolls
Chabela Wedding Cake
Quail in Rose Petal Sauce
Turkey Mole with Almonds and Sesame Seeds
Northern Style Chorizo
Oxtail Soup
Champandongo
Chocolate and Three King's Day Bread
Cream Fritters
Beans with Chile Tezcucana-Style
Chiles in Walnut Sauce

Tita's admirer, Pedro, comes to ask for her hand in marriage, but Mama Elena forbids it on the grounds of the De la Garza family tradition. Pedro then reluctantly marries Tita's older sister Rosaura instead, (1) Polyrhythmia, co-existence of two or more rhythms without the conflict or dissonance that suggests arrhythmia;
ELEMENTS OF RHYTHMS:
HER HEART
MIXNG BOWL
DOOR
RHYTHM OF THE GARDEN
QUAIL IN ROSE PETAL SAUCE
12 roses, prefarably red
12 chestnuts
2 tsp. butter
2 tsp. cornstarch
2 drops attar of roses
2 Tbsp. anise
2 Tbsp. honey
2 cloves garlic
6 quail
1 pitaya

Brown the quail in butter and season with salt and pepper.

Remove the petals carefully from the roses. Ground the petals aith anise in a mortar. Separately, brown the chestnuts in a pan, remove the peels and cook them in water. Then puree them. Mince the garlic and brown slightly in butter; when it is transparent, add it to the chestnut puree along with the honey, the ground pitaya and the rose petals, and salt to taste.

To thicken the sauce slightly, you may add two Tablespoons of cornstarch.

Last, strain through a fine sieve and add no more than 2 drops of attar of rosses. As soon as the seasonings have been added, remove sauce from heat. The quail should be immersed in this sauce for 10 minutes to infuse them with the flavor, and then removed.

The quail are placed on a platter, the sauce is poured over them and they are garnished with a single perfect rose in the center and rose petals scattered all around.

Tita blames her mother; Mama Elena responds by beating Tita furiously with a wooden spoon. Tita, not wanting to cope with her mother's controlling ways, secludes herself in a dovecote until the sympathetic Dr. John Brown reasons with her, and convinces her to come down. (2) Arrhythmia, conflict or dissonance between or among two or more rhythm

TEMPRATURE OF HER HANDS AND THE TABLE SURFACE l
TEMPRATURE OD THE KITCHEN o
RHYTHM OF FIRE IN THE OVEN l

NORTHERN STYLE CHORIZO
8 kilos pork loin
2 kilos pork head or scraps
1 kilo chiles ancho
60 grams cumin
60 grams oregano
30 grams pepper
6 grams cloves
2 cups garlic
2 liters apple vinegar
1/4 kilo salt

Heat the vinegar and add the chiles after removing the seeds. WHen mixture comes to a boil, remove pan from heat and put a lid on it, so that the chiles soften.

Grind the spices with the chiles. To make the process easier, add a few drops of vinegar from time to time. Last of all, mix the meat, finely chopped and ground with the chiles and spices and let the mixture rest overnight.

The casings should be pork intestines, cleaned and cured. The sausages are filled using a funnel. Tie them off tightly, four fingers apart, and poke them with a needle to let air escape, because air can spoil the sausage. It's very important to squeeze the suasgae firmly while filling it so you don't leave any spaces.

After the removal of all obstacles to the relationship between Tita and Pedro, the lovers finally share a night of bliss that is so heated and passionate that Pedro actually dies while making love to Tita. (3) Isorhythmia, the rarest association between rhythms, implies equivalence of repetition, measure and frequency.

CHAMPANDONGO
1/4 kilo ground beef
1/4 kilo ground pork
200 grams walnuts
200 grams almonds
1 onion
1 candies citron
2 tomatoes
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 cup cream
1/4 kilo queso manchego
1/4 cup mole
cumin
chicken stock
corn tortillas
oil

The onion is finely chopped and fried in a little oil wit the meat. While it is frying, the cumin and a tablespoon of sugar is added.

when the meat starts to brown, the chopped tomato is added, along with the citron, the walnuts, and the almonds, cut into small pieces.

After the meat has been cooked and drained, the next step is to fry the tortillas in oil, lightly, so they don't get hard.

In the dish destined for the oven, spread a layer of cream so the other ingredients don't stick, a layer of tortillas, and over these, a layer of meat mixture, and finally, the mole, covering it with the sliced cheese, and the cream.

Repeat the prcess as many times as necessary until the pan is filled. Put the pan in the oven and bake until the cheese melts and the tortillas are softened. Serve with rice and beans.

union and the total destruction of the ranch. The narrator of the story is the daughter of Esperanza. Esperanza is Tita's niece and Rosaura and Pedro's daughter, and Dr. Brown's son, Alex, will marry her at the conclusion of the story. (4) Eurhythmia, constructive interaction between or among two or more rhythms, such as occurs in healthy creatures;


CREAM FRITTERS
1 cup heavy cream
6 eggs
cinnamon
syrup

Take the eggs, crack them and separate the white. Stir the 6 egg yolks with the cup of cream. Beat until the mixture becomes light. Pour it into a pot that has been greased with lard. The mixture should be no more than an inch thick in the baking pan. Place it on the heat over a low flame and allow to thicken.

Remove the pan from the heat and allow the custard to cool. Cut into small squares.

Next, beat the egg whites so that the custard squares can be rolled in them and fried in oil. Finally, the fitters are served in syrup and sprinkled with ground cinnamon