Secrets of the Tsil Cafe

Throughout history, many writers have written books that are set in the world of food and enhanced with numerous recipes. Thomas Fox Averill wrote the Secrets of the Tsil Café, in which he uses food to connect one character to another. Weston’s life experiences are relevant through the end of the novel, and became important in Weston’s development. Therefore, the maturity in Wes Hingler was the result of experiences within his family.

Weston’s early sexual maturity was caused by the sexual exposure he had as child. Weston’s sexual maturity began at the age of 12, when he first witness Pablito and Cocoa, two employees of the Tsil Café, having sex passionately. In this sexual act, Weston became “mesmerized: by Cocoa’s creamy brown breast, and by the way Pablito gently touched them” (Averill 90). As a result of this experience, Weston lost his innocence as a child and began having the desire to act like Pablito. In addition, Wes and his father witness Maria Tito Hin...