FTP, identify this novel written in "monthly installments" whose chapters are preceded by the recipes that the long suffering Tita prepares, a work by Laura Esquivel.
The engagement to Dr. John Brown is broken after the protagonist's love returns and takes her virginity.  The temporary pregnancy is terminated when the ghost of Mama Elena is banished.  Esperanza, born to Rosaura and Gertrudis, who was inspired by a dish made with rose petals to join a band of revolutionaries, returns to witness the eventual coming together of Pedro with the youngest daughter and cook of the De Garza family.  FTP, identify this novel written in "monthly installments" whose chapters are preceded by the recipes that the long suffering Tita prepares, a work by Laura Esquivel.
The engagement to Dr. John Brown is broken after the protagonist's love returns and takes her virginity.  
Like Water for Chocolate