The Magical Mexican Kitchen

The Ghost of Cooking

Mexican films and books can easily be recognized for a spirit entering the story, sooner or later. The Mexican cultural history features Aztec and Maya believes are combined with the Spanish catholic believes, so the supernatural is never far away. Dia de Muertos (the day of the dead on November 2) is world famous but the remembrance of deceased ancestors is always kept to a close.

When Nacha, the friendly cook of the family dies, Nachas spirit guides Tita through her life with well advices. When Tita’s harsh mother dies, however, her evil spirit takes over and haunts Tita. Tita is in love with Pedro but wasn’t allowed to marry him. He marries her oldest sister, just to be close to Tita. Unable to communicate her love directly to him, she ‘communicates’ through the food she’s making.

When Tita is sad while cooking, her emotions are absorbed by the food and as by magic, the guests are overwhelmed by the same emotion, when eating the food. Hilariously, eating the wedding cake turns the whole party into a crying party, ending with a collective vomiting session.
When Tita receives roses from Pedro, she is so full of love and lust, that the prepared quails with rose petals evoke a passionate love affair between Tita’s other sister and a revolutionary. The magic is in the food, and in the cooking.

Finally, when Pedro and Tita are free to do what they like, Tita cooks the famous tricolore of Mexico: stuffed green peppers with red pomegranate. As a result of her happiness, the party ends in a gigantic orgy.

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