Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

1. “Joy of Cooking,” by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30).

2. “The New Making of a Cook,” by Madeleine Kamman (William Morrow, $40).

3. “Cooking With the Two Fat Ladies,” by Jennifer Patterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright (Random House, $25).

4. “Marcella Cucina,” by Marcella Hazan (HarperCollins, $35).

5. “Tamales,” by Mark Charles Miller, Stephen Pyles and John Sedlar (MacMillan, $25).

6. “Play With Your Food,” by Joost Ellfers (Stewart Tabori & Chang, $19.95).

7. “CookWise,” by Shirley O. Corriher (Morrow, $28.50).

8. “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone,” by Deborah Madison (Broadway Books, $35).

9. “More Cooking Secrets of the CIA,” by Joyce Oudkerk Pool (Chronicle Books, $14.95, paperback).

10. “The Man Who Ate Everything,” by Jeffrey Steingarten (Knopf, $27.50).

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