Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List
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1. “The Cake Mix Doctor” by Anne Byrn (Workman, $14.95). How to turn a box cake into something special.
Last Week: 2
Weeks on List: 7
2. “Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home” by Julia Child and Jacques Pepin (Alfred Knopf, $40). A spirited kitchen conversation between two great cooks.
Last Week: 1
Weeks on List: 27
3. “The Low-Carb Cookbook” by Fran McCullough (Hyperion, $23.95). Recipes for the diet that’s all the rage.
Last Week: 3
Weeks on List: 24
4. “The Cafe Cook Book” by Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray (Broadway Books $35). More great recipes from London’s queens of rustic Italian cooking.
Last Week: 7
Weeks on List: 2
5. “The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). Recipes from the specialty food store of the same name in the Hamptons.
Last Week: 8
Weeks on List: 43
6. “Crazy Plates” by Janet and Greta Podleski (Perigee $19.95). More diet fun from the “Looneyspoons Sisters.”
Last Week: 4
Weeks on List: 4
7. “The French Laundry Cookbook” by Thomas Keller, Michael Ruhlman and Susie Heller (Artisan, $60). The restaurant showpiece cookbook of the year.
Last Week: --
Weeks on List: 20
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.
Last Week: 5
Weeks on List: 28
9. “Dr. Atkin’s Quick and Easy New Diet Cookbook” by Robert C. Atkins and Veronica C. Atkins (Fireside $14). Another from the bestselling diet author.
Last Week: --
Weeks on List: 1
10. “Every Day’s a Party” by Emeril Lagasse (William Morrow, $25). From Mardi Gras to New Year’s Eve, Emeril’s one partying dude.
Last Week: 9
Weeks on List: 28
Rankings are based on a Times poll of national and independent cookbook sellers.
