food & communication

In class we been discussing how the idea of food & communication related to each other. This past week i was determine to find a reliable answer to the question. How can food and communication have similarities ? ,how can it make sense? I don't believe its so much about communication but being able to express what you feeling through the food you cook. A great example of this can be found in the book Like Water for Chocolate.

Like Water for Chocolate we met Tita one of the main characters , she was practically born with a spoon in her hands she loved everything that involved cooking. Every event host by her family(De la Garza )she had to make the food. As the story kept progressing we met Pedro ''the love of her life'' unfortunately her Mexican mom believed she was not allow to get married or have a life on her own since she was the youngest daughter her job was to take care of her until the day she died. Pedro wanted to married tita but her mom refuse and instead offer titas sister to Pedro (Rosaura) he accepted thinking he would be near tita all the time and their love will grow. Sadly tita was designated to prepare the dish for the men she loved and her sister wedding ,those were her mom wishes since she was the best cooker in the house.

In the month of February , tita had to prepare the cake for rosauras weeding. Chabela wedding cake as it was called. Suffering with the pain of having to give up her love towards Pedro didn't seem enough to her mom. Instead she wanted tita to take care of every single meals that related to the weeding. Nacha and tita were preparing the cake when tita burst down crying she couldn't help it, nacha on her side told tita to stop crying because it will affect the cake, she tasted the cake icing to make sure everything was fine, she wanted to make sure tita tears didn't affect the cake. As they started serving the cake she was so into her own world that she didn't notice something strange was happening, the moment the guest took a bite of the cake they were flooded with longing including Pedro and mama Elena who had never shared a tear for her dead husband. It seem like everyone got intoxicated and sad over love they all started vomiting except tita. It was clear that Tita sad emotions had been express through the cake,after this mama elena was convinced that tita and nacha agreed on adding a emetic into the cake to ruin rosaura wedding. Another case in which its proven that food can express what you feeling is when tita did the dish with the flowers that lead to Gertrudis running away with Juan. The fire she felt inside her with the dish had gone beyond the limits it made her make love on top of the horse as they started fading in the distance in titas eyes.

This book proves that idea that what you feeling can be express through your cooking. It happens alot in the real world but focusing on this story and the examples I've giving it makes it easier to understand the similarities between the two.Its possible for tita to cook but also let others know how she feels wether she sad or happy because as long as you have emotions it will transmitted in your food.