Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

1. “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone,” by Deborah Madison (Broadway Books, $40). Vegetarian cookbook with 1,400 recipes and sections on ingredients and cooking methods.

Last week: 4

Weeks on list: 28

2. “You Say Tomato,” by Joanne Weir (Broadway Books, paperback, $15). Tomato recipes, lore and famous tomato quotes.

Last week: 1

Weeks on list: 3

3. “Born to Grill,” by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison (Harvard Common Press, $27.95). American barbecue cookery.

Last week: 2

Weeks on list: 13

4. “Rao’s Cookbook,” by Frank Pellegrino (Random House, $40). Recipes from New York’s tiny and exclusive Italian restaurant.

Last week: 5

Weeks on list: 14

5. “Fish and Shellfish,” by James Peterson (Morrow, $40). More than 150 recipes, plus tips on buy and storing fish and shellfish.

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Weeks on list: 1

6. “Joy of Pickling,” by Linda Ziedrich (Harvard Common Press, paperback, $14.95). More than 200 recipes for pickling vegetables, fruits, meats, fish and eggs.

Last week: 7

Weeks on list: 4

7. “Elizabeth David Classics,” by Elizabeth David (Biscuit Books, $14.98). Three books--”Mediterranean Food,” “French Country Cooking” and “Summer Cooking”--in one volume from the late English food writer.

Last week: 8

Weeks on list: 12

8. “New Making of a Cook,” by Madeleine Kamman (Morrow, $40). Monumental revision of a cookbook classic. Guide to cooking techniques and the whys of cooking with recipes.

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Weeks on list: 26

9. “Art of Lithuanian Cooking,” by Maria Gieysztor de Gorgey, (Hippocrene Books, $24.95). More than 150 traditional Lithuanian recipes from appetizers to desserts.

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Weeks on list: 1

10. “Marcella Cucina,” by Marcella Hazan (HarperCollins, $35). The woman who taught America how to cook Italian gets personal with recipes that show how she cooks at home.

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Weeks on list: 21

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Rankings are based on a Times poll of national cookbook and independent booksellers.