Tita's desire for Pedro becomes a part of the food she prepares, & people who eat it literally smolder in this film
... flavored with Tita's 
erotic thoughts of Pedro, Gertrudis becomes inflamed with lust and ... that 
survived under the smoldering rubble of the ranch was Tita's cookbook,... [DOC] [TLE] Iconic - Bibliothque et Archives Canada [PAR] preparation operates symbolically in literature and film, and second, that the ..... 
primarily smell and taste; its constituent parts -- food; and its ultimate purpose -- 
eating ..... who eat what she has prepared, to Tita's simple playing with food as a 
child, .... becomes the medium through which Tita's passion for Pedro is 
expressed:.