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Gilmore Girls · Season 2, Episode 15, "Lost and Found"

Kirk at the book sale: Like Water for Chocolate

Kirk Gleason (Sean Gunn) · The Stars Hollow book fundraiser

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Kirk haggles over a copy of Like Water for Chocolate at a charity book sale. The whole point of the sale is to raise money, which Kirk treats as an opening position.

Sources: The Real Rory Book List: Season Two, Oy With the Poodles
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Cover of Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel · 1989 · novel

Laura Esquivel's 1989 novel has twelve chapters, one per month, each opening with a recipe, and Tita's cooking passes her feelings to everyone who eats it. Kirk would ask for a discount on the recipes.

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