Sparky, rip-roaring, funny, with big-hearted fully formed, loveable characters SUNDAY TIMES The most charming, life-enhancing novel I ve read in ages. Strongly recommend INDIA KNIGHT Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage RACHEL JOYCE A novel that sparks joy with every page ELIZABETH DAYYour ability to change everything - including yourself - starts hereChemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with - of all things - her mind. True chemistry results.
Like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later, Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America s most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six. Elizabeth s unusual approach to cooking ( combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride ) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn t just teaching women to cook. She s daring them to change the status quo.