NMLP P-045485 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel · Editorial Planeta, Mexico City · 1989

Spanish-language Mexican first (Planeta 1989) is the true first. The US Doubleday 1992 is the first in English and precedes the UK issue (Doubleday/Black Swan); the film-tie-in jacket state is a later printing, not the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045485 for "Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045485, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).