Tita: Tita is the protagonist of this book and the youngest of her sisters. She is also an amazing cook and transfers her own emotions into the foo she prepares. Because Tita is the youngest daughter Mama Elena does not allow her to marry since, according to tradition, Tita is supposed to care for her mother until her mother dies. However, Tita falls in love with Pedro and Mama Elena becomes upset and instead has him married to Rosaura, Tita's sister.
Mama Elena: Mama Elena is controlling to the point of abuse to everyone around her, but especially her youngest daughter, Tita. She forces Tita to stay away from Pedro since she believes that it is Tita's duty to care for her until her death. She ends up sending Tita away when she thinks that Tita has gone mad. She tells Dr. John Brown to take her to the insane asylum, but he disobeys her and takes her to his house instead.
Nacha: Nacha acts more like a mother to Tita than Mama Elena does. Nacha took care of Tita when she was little and taught her how to cook. She died of heartbreak after tasting the cake Tita made for Rosaura and Pedro's wedding since the icing had been infused with Tita's intense sadness over having her first love marry her sister. She reappears to Tita from time to time when she is needed.
Pedro: Pedro is Tita's first love who marries her sister in an attempt to stay close to Tita, even though Mama Elena prohibited her from marrying anyone. He and Rosaura have two children, Roberto and Esperanza, who seem to be more like Tita's children than Rosaura's. After Rosaura's death and at Esperanza's marriage to Alex Brown, Pedro proposes to Tita. They both die shortly afterwards.
Rosaura: Rosaura marries Pedro when Mama Elena offers him her hand instead of Tita's. At first, Pedro joins Rosaura to live on the Mama Elena's ranch, but after Mama Elena suspects that Pedro and Tita might be getting too close she sends Pedro, Rosaura and Roberto to live in San Antonio. Roberto dies without Tita to feed him and Tita blames Mama Elena for his death. After having her second and last child, Esperanza, Rosaura decides that she wants to continue the tradition of having her daughter take care of her until her death and forbids Esperanza from marrying Alex. However, Esperanza and Alex marry after her death.
Roberto: Roberto is Rosaura and Pedro's first child. Rosaura is unable to feed him so they hire a wet-nurse but she is shot and killed because of the war. Tita somehow manages to produce milk to feed Roberto and develops a strong bond with him. Roberto dies after Rosaura and Pedro take him to San Antonio with them.
Esperanza: Esperanza is Rosaura and Pedro's second child. Like Tita, she spends much of her time in the kitchen and shows interest in the preparation of food. She marries Alex after Rosaura's death.
Dr. John Brown: John cares for Tita after Mama Elena banishes her from the ranch for having a breakdown after Roberto's death. He falls in love with Tita as he's caring for her and she falls in love with him for a while too. He shows her many things about her own soul that she had not yet figured out for herself. Tita agreed to marry him, but called it off when she found that she and Pedro were still in love.
Alex: Alex is Dr. John Brown's son. He marries Esperanza after Rosaura's death.
Alexa and Esperanza's daughter: The narrator of the book
Gertrudis: After eating a dish that Tita had prepared, Gertrudis starts burning and giving off a stong rose scent. She tries to cool down with water but fails and runs away with a soldier. Later, her family receives news that she had become a prostitute and Mama Elena declares that Gertrudis is now dead to them. Also, Tita later discovers that Gertrudis' father was not Mama Elena's husband, but rather he was a man that Mama Elena loved but could not marry because of his race.
Chencha: Chencha works as a maid at the ranch. Her personality is a strange mix of loyalty and dishonesty, as she will do her job but she lies whenever it is convenient for her.
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