Pedro: ‘I swear I will love you forever.’ 

Mama Elena: ‘You know perfectly well that being the youngest daughter means you have to take care of me until the day I die.’

Tita lives with her family on a ranch in Mexico. She falls in love with a boy, Pedro, who lives nearby, but when they want to marry, family tradition prevents it: Tita must remain unmarried in order to care for her mother. Tita’s love for cooking is such that her own emotions are transmitted to others through the food she prepares, and as her moods change in response to events in her life, the consequences for all those around her become ever more startling…

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TITA

The youngest daughter of the De la Garza household, in love with Pedro but forbidden by family tradition to marry. She has a special gift for cooking.

PEDRO

The son of a neighbouring ranchero, in love with Tita. He marries her sister Rosaura in the hope of remaining close to Tita.

MAMA ELENA

The overbearing matriarch of the De la Garza household. She hides a secret.

DR JOHN BROWN

The family doctor from America. He loves Tita but her passionate feelings are reserved for Pedro.

NACHA

The wise old cook of the De la Garza household and Tita’s closest confidant. The two bond over their shared love of food and cooking.

ROSAURA

Tita’s sister. She marries Pedro but remains jealous of his close relationship with Tita.

GERTRUDIS

Tita’s other sister. She elopes with a revolutionary soldier, and later becomes a famous revolutionary commander.

JUAN ALEJANDREZ

A revolutionary soldier who marries Gertrudis.

ROBERTO

Pedro and Rosaura’s first child.

ESPERANZA

Pedro and Rosaura’s second child.

ALEX

The son of Dr John by his first wife.

DON PASQUAL

Pedro’s father and a neighbouring ranchero.

CHENCHA

The family maid.