Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

1. “Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home” by Julia Child and Jacques Pepin (Alfred Knopf, $40). A spirited kitchen conversation between two great cooks. 1/9

Last Week: 1

Weeks on List: 0

2. “The Low-Carb Cookbook” by Fran McCullough (Hyperion, $23.95). Recipes for the new diet that’s all the rage. 2/9

Last Week: 2

Weeks on List: 9

3. “The French Laundry Cookbook” by Thomas Keller (Artisan, $50). The restaurant showpiece cookbook of the year? 3/3

Last Week: 3

Weeks on List: 3

4. “Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook” by Alice Waters (HarperCollins, $34). The Chez Panisse cookbook everyone has been waiting for. 4/11

Last Week: 1

Weeks on List: 11

5. “The Italian Country Table” by Lynne Rossetto Kasper (Scribner, $35). Home cooking from all over Italy. 7/4

Last Week: 7

Weeks on List: 4

6. “The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). Recipes from the specialty food store of the same name in the Hamptons. 5/31

Last Week: 5

Weeks on List: 31

7. “Blue Ginger” by Ming Tsai (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). East-West cooking from the popular Food Network personality. --/1

Last Week: 1

Weeks on List: 1

8. “The New Joy of Cooking” by Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30). The updated edition of the American cooking bible. 6/10

Last Week: 6

Weeks on List: 10

9. “Every Day’s a Party” by Emeril Lagasse (William Morrow, $25). From Mardi Gras to New Year’s Eve, Emeril’s one partying dude. 9/9

Last Week: 9

Weeks on List: 9

10. “Saveur Cooks Authentic French” by Colman Andrews and Dorothy Kalins (Chronicle Books, $40). Gutsy, honest French cooking in a beautiful setting. 10/2

Last Week: 10

Weeks on List: 2

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