Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and author of several cookbooks, but when she has to cook Christmas dinner on live t.v., trouble ensues. Elizabeth can't cook.
A famous food writer lies about living on a farm, raising her children and being a good cook. In reality she is an unmarried New Yorker who can't boil an egg. When her editor says she will spend Christmas with a heroic sailor, her job is on the line.