Here’s how it works. Salma Hayek’s latest producing credit leans into her Mexican roots as she has worked behind the scenes ...

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

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

Salma Hayek says "Like Water For Chocolate" -- the new series she executive produced -- is a distinctly Mexican story with ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

Thirty-two years after the critically acclaimed film, HBO has adapted Laura Esquivel’s best-selling 1989 novel, “Like Water for Chocolate,” for television. Set in the early 20th century in ...