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. 1/ 18
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 18
2. “Rao’s Cookbook,” by Frank Pellegrino (Random House, $40). Recipes from New York’s tiny and exclusive Italian restaurant. 3/ 4
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
3. “Born to Grill,” by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison (Harvard Common Press, $27.95). American barbecue cookery. 2/ 3
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
4. “The Cafe Cookbook,” by Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray (Broadway Books, $35). Recipes from London’s River Cafe showing off Rogers’ and Gray’s bold cooking style. 9/ 4
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
5. “The 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. 4/ 20
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 20
6. “CookWise,” by Shirley O. Corriher (Morrow, $28.50). Hows and whys of cooking with 235 recipes and at-a-glance problem-solving charts. 5/ 21
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 21
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 English food writer. 6/ 2
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
8. “Bobby Flay’s From My Kitchen to Your Table,” by Bobby Flay and Joan Schwartz (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). Flay’s restaurant recipes translated into at-home meals for eight. --/ 3
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WEEKS ON LIST: 3
9. “The Man Who Ate Everything,” by Jeffrey Steingarten (Knopf, $27.50). Vogue columnist’s collection of 40 essays. --/ 4
LAST WEEK: --
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
10. “Cooking With the Two Fat Ladies,” by Jennifer Patterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright (Clarkson Potter, $25). Companion to Food Network TV series offering recipes with humor. 8/ 20
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 20
Rankings are based on a Times poll of national cookbook and independent booksellers.