Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

1. “Kitchen Confidential” by Anthony Bourdain (Bloomsbury Publishing, $24.95). Life in the culinary trenches. 2/4

Last Week: 2

Weeks on LIst: 4

2. “The Cake Mix Doctor” by Anne Byrn (Workman, $14.95). How to turn a box cake into something special. 1/17

Last Week: 1

Weeks on LIst: 17

3. “Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home” by Julia Child and Jacques Pepin (Alfred Knopf, $40). A spirited kitchen conversation between two great cooks. 4/38

Last Week: 4

Weeks on LIst: 38

4. “The French Laundry Cookbook” by Thomas Keller, Michael Ruhlman and Susie Heller (Artisan, $60). Recipes and inspiration from the famous Napa Valley restaurant. 5/31

Last Week: 5

Weeks on LIst: 31

5. “This Can’t Be Tofu!” by Deborah Madison (Bantam Doubleday Dell, $15). America’s favorite vegetarian cook may change your mind about soy. 3/8

Last Week: 3

Weeks on LIst: 8

6. “The Carbohydrate Addict’s Cookbook” by Richard F. Heller (John Wiley & Sons, $24.95). Yet another spin on the popular diet. 8/7

Last Week: 8

Weeks on LIst: 7

7. “The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). Recipes from the specialty food store of the same name in the Hamptons. 10/46

Last Week: 10

Weeks on LIst: 46

8. “Weber’s Art of the Grill” by Jamie Purviance (Chronicle, $35). If Weber’s folks don’t know grilling, who does? --/11

Last Week: --

Weeks on LIst: 11

9. “Zone Perfect Meals in Minutes” by Barry Sears (HarperCollins, $21). Recipes for the popular diet. --/1

Last Week: --

Weeks on LIst: 1

10. “How To Cook Everything” by Mark Bittman (MacMillan, $25). A fresh approach to the cooking encyclopedia, with more than 1,500 recipes. 7/80

Last Week: 7

Weeks on LIst: 80

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