Like Water for Chocolate Ruby Hummingbird With her keen observations and

With her keen observations and trademark ability to bring complex women to life on the page

has little choice but to go along

Award-winning author-illustrator Chris Haughton is back with another simple

there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways

Like Water for Chocolate Ruby Hummingbird With her keen observations andThis classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother's womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef, using cooking to