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The book was later adapted into a film, released in 1992, which became the highest grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the United States at the time.
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* [[Abusive Parent]]: Is it possible to have ANY sympathy for Mama Elena?
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Tita. Physical abuse, emotional abuse, family burdens, broken heart, loss of loved ones and finally a total breakdown.
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* [[Food Porn]]
* [[Freud Was Right]]: Tita has a flashback {{spoiler|of the time she and Pedro briefly fondled each other, where she is implied to have felt his "red-hot coal"}} while she's holding a ''sausage.''
* [[G
** The book also chronicles how {{spoiler|Tita and Pedro move away from this trope and closer to the real thing}}, with occurrences like Pedro seeing Tita cooking in an erotic posture to {{spoiler|the two of them briefly fondling each other.}}
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: Tita and Rosaura. Tita and Gertrudis, however, are on better terms.
* [[Green
* [[I Have No Son]]: Mama Elena's mentality after Gertrudis runs away.
* [[Jerkass]]: Pedro comes off as this for many readers. Sure, he makes both Rosaura ''and'' Tita's lives extremely complicated (and destroys their already shaky sisterly bonds) with {{spoiler|the [[Settle for Sibling]] deal}}, but even after he does so, he {{spoiler|bullies and pressures Tita when [[Nice Guy]] Dr. Brown shows interest in her}}? '''Come ON, Pedro.'''
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* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Very present, sometimes going hand-in-hand with the [[Magic Realism]] in the story. The various recipes in the story are usually some kind of symbol as well.
* {{spoiler|[[Settle for Sibling]]: Pedro marries Rosaura in order to be close to the Tita, the one he truly loves.}}
* [[Star
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Nacha and Tita.
* [[Title Drop]]
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* [[Troubled Fetal Position]]: When Dr. Brown goes up in the ranch's dovecove and finds a naked Tita, who has crossed the [[Despair Event Horizon]], she does this in a corner, while crying.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: And I quote: {{spoiler|"While she was receiving a kiss on the lips, Pedro took her hand in his and invited her to explore his body. Tita timidly touched the hard muscles on Pedro's chest, lower down, she felt '''a red-hot coal''' that throbbed through her clothes."}} When you think about it, this is actually somewhat justified because Tita probably isn't all that familiar with {{spoiler|men's bodies,}} so it makes sense that she might use a comparable mundane object that might show up in cooking instead.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|Pedro ''tries'' to do this to Tita for being engaged to the doting, loving Dr. Brown. In return Tita angrily calls out against Pedro's ridiculous rationlization "me marrying your sister to be close to you meant nothing to you?!"}} Pedro does not seem to catch on until 20 years later.
* [[Vomit Chain Reaction]]: ''Every single person'' (save Tita) at {{spoiler|Pedro and Rosaura's wedding}}, after eating the cake with her tears mixed in. Special mention goes to Rosaura, who is ''covered'' in vomit despite her attempts to evade it and {{spoiler|has her wedding dress ruined.}}
** [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]: Unlike the sea of vomit described in the book, no one is shown actually vomiting on-screen in the film.
* [[You Monster!]]: Not a literal example, but close enough to count. After Tita receives news of {{spoiler|the death of her nephew, Roberto,}} she tells Mama Elena {{spoiler|"You did it, you killed Roberto!"}} In a way, she just might be right, because {{spoiler|Mama Elena sent Roberto and his family off the ranch, away from Tita,}} at a time where {{spoiler|the '''only''' thing Roberto would eat/drink was Tita's (magic) breast milk...}}
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