u003cbu003eu003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMESu003c/iu003e BESTSELLER • u003ciu003eGOOD MORNING AMERICAu003c/iu003e BOOK CLUB PICK • A must-read debut! Meet Elizabeth Zott: a “formidable, unapologetic and inspiring” (u003ciu003ePARADEu003c/iu003e) scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show in this novel that is “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel. It reminds you that change takes time and always requires heat” (u003ciu003eThe New York Times Book Reviewu003c/iu003e).u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003e"A unique heroine ... you'll find yourself wishing she wasn’t fictional." —u003ciu003eSeattle Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003e u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eChemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an u003ciu003eaverageu003c/iu003e woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes 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. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eBut 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 u003ciu003eSupper at Sixu003c/iu003e. 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. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eLaugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, u003ciu003eLessons in Chemistryu003c/iu003e is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.