Salma Hayek brings Laura Esquivel's best-selling novel, "Like Water for Chocolate," to HBO. The actress discusses why it was ...

HBO's new series adaptation of 'Like Water for Chocolate,' executive produced by Salma Hayek Pinault, stands up to the ...

Salma Hayek Pinault’s new adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s 1989 novel “Like Water for Chocolate” is the reboot you didn’t know ...

Like Water for Chocolate is a melodrama in the best possible sense of the word—a larger-than-life historical epic of love and ...

Based on Laura Esquivel's novel, the six-part drama centers on a young woman in 1910s Mexico who infuses her cooking with her ...

HBO's Like Water for Chocolate is a bold reinterpretation of a classic, and for that, at least, it deserves respect. Read our ...

Showrunner Jerry Rodríguez’s ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ is a Spanish melodrama show that presents a star-crossed love story ...

HBO’s ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ (Originally titled, ’Como agua para chocolate’) transports the audience to the early 1900s ...

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HBO’s new “Like Water for Chocolate” is sumptuously shot. And it’s not just the costumes or the sets, although they are both clearly rendered with care. Gathered skirts, wide-brimmed hats, and lace-up ...

Of course, if you find that these layers impede what you find so opulent and blunt about the original, the new Salma Hayek Pinault-produced Like Water for Chocolate might not hold you in its thrall.

Salma Hayek Pinault’s new adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s 1989 novel “Like Water for Chocolate” — as a sumptuous period melodrama for HBO — falls squarely into the latter category.