Like Water for Chocolate Ruby Hummingbird has little choice but to

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of murdering her wealthy parents with an axe

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The villagers are content to fish

Like Water for Chocolate Ruby Hummingbird has little choice but toThis classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother's womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef, using cooking to