Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

LAST WEEK WEEKS ON LIST

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

Last week: 1

Weeks on the list: 7

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

Last week: 2

Weeks on the list: 6

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

Last week: 3

Weeks on the list: 6

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

Last week: 4

Weeks on the list: 6

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

Last week: 5

Weeks on the list: 2

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

Last week: --

Weeks on the list: 4

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

Last week: 7

Weeks on the list: 7

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

Last week: 6

Weeks on the list: 4

9. “Mollie Katzen’s Vegetable Heaven,” by Mollie Katzen (Hyperion, $27.50).

Last week: --

Weeks on the list: 1

10. “Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style,” by Viana La Place (Morrow, $16, paperback).

Last week: --

Weeks on the list: 1

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