Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

L.A. Times Archives

Feb. 18, 1998 12 AM PT

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

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 6

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

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

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

LAST WEEK: 4

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

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

LAST WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

5. “Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook,” by Martha Hopkins, Randall Lockridge and Ben Fink (Eden Jack Garden Calendar, $24.95).

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WEEKS ON LIST: 1

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

LAST WEEK: 9

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

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

LAST WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 6

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

LAST WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

9. “Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites,” by Pam Krauss (Clarkson Potter, $22, 1996).

LAST WEEK: --

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

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

LAST WEEK: 10

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

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