Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel : Ooh. It's been a while since I've read a book that have my mind racing for what happened next or have imagined scenes between the lines. My breathing is labored in anticipation like an imagined-climax in suspended intensity. What's more interesting is that kitchen is where most if not all events revolves; complete with recipes and family guarded secret procedure of food preparation. With 42 pages into the story, different food induced state have already been exposed as possible. The mood depends on the emotions of the persons preparing it. Hmm, I think this also explains why most Moms cook the best dishes for their family because its prepared with all the unconditional love her person emanates. Hahaha, that also leaves a loophole. What does it tell you if your mom's home cooking doesn't taste as good? She's not enjoying the task? She's not capable of love? Or She's in love with someone/somebody else? Haaa.. probably true if you want to romanticize that fact. But simply said and devoid of any rhetoric is -- she just lack the skills, end of story. Heheheh....
Sensuality at its best.
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init sa kusina
At dinilaan ng apoy ang kaldero
at ang mga sangkap ay naglaro
sa marahang paghalo ng sandok
ang sarap ng lasa'y hindi maarok
ang anghang ng isang sili'y sapat
para ang init sa mga labi'y lumapat
damdaming higit na pinasidhi
nag-iwan ng lasang walang sukli
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kumain kami sa phoung, hindi niya ata nagustuhan. Too spicy? Didn't like the fried basil leaves? Ewan, hindi naman lasang sugat yung pagkain ... LOL. But i love the way she says she liked the food but didn't appear
like she's liking it. Staring at her lips, trying to read the non-verbals, trying to predict portentously.
I love food trips.
