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: 1

Weeks on List: 29

2. “The Barbecue! Bible,” by Steven Raichlen (Workman, paperback $18.95). More than 500 recipes, plus notes on equipment, ingredients, marinades and rubs.

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Weeks on List: 5

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: 14

4. “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.

Last Week: 10

Weeks on List: 22

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

Last Week: 2

Weeks on List: 4

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: 6

Weeks on List: 5

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: 7

Weeks on List: 13

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.

Last Week: 8

Weeks on List: 27

9. “Paramount Desserts,,” by Christine Manfield (Viking Australia, $49.95). Stylish desserts from the Sydney, Australia, restaurant.

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Weeks on List: 2

10. “Hoppin’ John’s Lowcountry Cooking,” by John Martin Taylor (Bantam Doubleday Dell, $27.95). Traditional and contemporary Southern cooking from Charleston and the Carolina coastline.

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Weeks on List: 3

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