[Day 7] Recommend a book. Why do you think it's important?
The story is set in Mexico at the beginning of the century during the Mexican Revolution. Tita, the main character, is the yongest daughter in her family and because of that it is her duty to remain by her mother's side for her entire life. She is not allowed to wed and start her own family and yet she falls in love dispite her destiny. Tita uses her emotions, her heartbreak and her anger and her love, in her cooking and causes those around her to experience what she is going through.
"Something strange was going on. Tita remembered that Nacha had always said that when people argue while preparing tamales, the tamales won’t get cooked. They can be heated day after day and still stay raw, because the tamales are angry. In a case like that, you have to sing to them, which makes them happy, then they’ll cook."
The book has 12 chapters, one for each month of the year, and each begins with an authentic Mexican recipe. I loved the classic story-telling in this book and might actually dig out my copy again this summer to re-read it.
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