Elizabeth Zott is a gifted research chemist in 1960s California whose career stalls amid the unscientific sexism of her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute. One colleague, Calvin Evans, a brilliant and solitary scientist, falls in love with Elizabeth’s mind, producing a true—if unexpected—chemistry between them. Years later Elizabeth is a single mother and the reluctant star of a popular TV cooking show, Supper at Six, where her unconventional instructions ("combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride") attract a growing following and provoke resistance from those threatened by women changing the status quo.
