NMLP P-045484 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel · Editorial Planeta, Mexico City · 1989

First-issue dust-jacket point: the front panel LACKS the yellow oval that later printings add to carry a USA Today review or a 'NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM Miramax' banner; the rear panel carries an author photo and blurbs by Sandra Cisneros, Diana Kennedy and Elena Poniatowska

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-045484 for "Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045484, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).