In Esquivel's novel Like Water for Chocolate, Tita is a victim of family tradition that requires her to remain unmarried and take care of her mother until her death. Under the strict control of her autocratic mother and unable to marry the man she loves, Tita must find a way to release her intense emotions. In this situation, the kitchen becomes Tita's sanctuary, a safe place where she can express her sadness at losing her true love, her happiness at feeling loved, and her desire to reunite her family through the food she cooks. Therefore, food with these emotions begins to have certain magical powers, which act as exaggerated external expressions of Tita's real internal feelings. It is devastating for Tita that she will never be able to marry Pedro, the man she loves so much, who is going to marry her sister Rosaura. The cruelest thing is that Tita has yet to prepare the Chabela wedding cake for her sister's wedding. Unable to directly express how badly her heart hurts, Tita put all her pain into the cake through the additive of her tears. It's easy to imagine how distressed Tita is as her constant tears keep the batter soggy and the meringue watery. As a result, the extra ingredient of Tita's tears in the cake has a miraculous influence on the people around her. When Nacha tastes the fondant, she "was suddenly overcome with an intense longing" (36), which reminds her of her fiancé and her wedding that never happens, bringing "a terrible pain to her heart" (36). As a woman who shares a similar anguished fate with Tita, Nacha is the person most capable of feeling true empathy for Tita and the pain of losing her true love. The sadness in the fondant icing thus evokes the deepest pain within Nach... middle of paper... the bread is no longer important, because the bread that Tita makes already becomes the symbol of an uninterrupted family relationship. Tita successfully expresses her feelings through her cooking. Furthermore, the dishes he cooks also reveal his desire to let his emotions be understood by others. For Tita, the food she prepares is not simply something that fills the stomach, but a sort of communication between her and those who eat her dishes, a bond that starts from the tip of the tongue but ultimately reaches the heart. Therefore, the cookbook left after the great ranch fire appears not only as the legacy of a series of surprising recipes, but also represents a concentration of Tita's attitude towards life: her happiness, her sadness, his tolerance and his love. Every time her dishes are cooked, Tita's emotions can be savored and her stories will live on forever with her recipes.