TV series

Like Water for Chocolate

2024–2026 · 2 seasons

A lush, sensory slow burn where food and feeling blur, steeped in longing and family duty.

Tagline: Love defying duty and tradition.
Overview: Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz are two souls in love who cannot be together due to deep-rooted family customs, which will force Tita to navigate with magical tints and flavors between the destiny dictated by her family and the fight for her love, while we accompany her in her greatest refuge: the kitchen.
How it feels: Romantic, melancholic, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, family, trauma, rebellion
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: romanticstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
family
trauma
rebellion
identity
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild