Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In 1960s California, her all-male colleagues at Hastings Research Institute undervalue her scientific contributions. Except for one brilliant colleague, Calvin Evans, who falls in love with her mind. But as life would have it, five years later, Elizabeth finds herself a single mother, without a job, and 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 Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo. “A thoroughly enjoyable romp through the bad old days when men were almost always in charge. Garmus’s writing is sharp, her characters are memorable, and the laughs keep bubbling like a beaker of hydrochloric acid.”—Kate Atkinson, author of Shrines of Gaiety