Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

1. “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone,” by Deborah Madison (Broadway Books, $40). 1/ 16

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 16

2. “The New Making of a Cook,” by Madeleine Kamman (Morrow, $40). 2/ 18

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WEEKS ON LIST: 18

3. “Rao’s Cookbook,” by Frank Pellegrino (Random House, $40). 3/ 2

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WEEKS ON LIST: 2

4. “CookWise,” by Shirley O. Corriher (Morrow, $28.50). 4/ 19

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WEEKS ON LIST: 19

5. “The Cafe Cookbook,” by Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray (Broadway Books, $35). --/ 2

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WEEKS ON LIST: 2

6. “The New Elegant But Easy Cookbook,” by Marian Burros and Lois Levine (Simon & Schuster, $25). --/ 3

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WEEKS ON LIST: 3

7. “Caprial’s Bistro Cuisine,” by Caprial Pence (Ten Speed Press, $24.95). --/ 1

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WEEKS ON LIST: 1

8. “Cooking With the Two Fat Ladies,” by Jennifer Patterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright (Clarkson Potter, $25). 6/ 18

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WEEKS ON LIST: 18

9. “Joy of Cooking,” by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30). 7/ 19

LAST WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 19

10. “Born to Grill,” by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison (Harvard Common Press, $27.95). --/ 1

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WEEKS ON LIST: 1

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