Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) asked this question about
The Mistress of Spices:
Is it just me, or is this very similar to the Penelope Cruz movie "Woman on Top"? You know--food, magic, forbidden romance and all?
Chitra Divakaruni
Mistress of Spices came first--in 1996.
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