L.A. Times Cookbook Hotlist

1. “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin, $25). A condemnation of the national pastime.

Last Week: 1

Weeks on List: 27

2. “Suzanne Somers’ Eat, Cheat, and Melt the Fat Away” (Crown, $25). A manual for how to cheat on a diet.

Last Week: 2

Weeks on List: 20

3. “Kitchen Confidential” by Anthony Bourdain (Ecco Press, $14). The bad boy is back--in paperback.

Last Week: 4

Weeks on List: 62

4. “Sugar Busters!” by H. Leighton Stewart, Morrison C. Bethea, Sam S. Andrews and Luis A. Balart (Ballantine Books, $23.95). Lose weight the New Orleans way.

Last Week: 3

Weeks on List: 22

5. “The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). The first book from the specialty store in the Hamptons.

Last Week: 10

Weeks on List: 83

6. “How to Grill” by Steven Raichlen (Workman, $19.95). A picture-filled textbook for the barbecue-challenged

Last Week: --

Weeks on List: 8

7. “Barefoot Contessa Parties” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). The chic takeout store is back.

Last Week: 6

Weeks on List: 19

8. “How to Cook Everything” by Mark Bittman (Hungry Minds, $29.95). A fresh approach to the cooking encyclopedia.

Last Week: 7

Weeks on List: 123

9. “Weber’s Big Book of Grilling” by Jamie Purviance and Sandra McRae (Chronicle, $22.95). Who knows barbecuing better?

Last Week: --

Weeks on List: 9

10. “French Lessons” by Peter Mayle (Alfred Knopf, $24). The colorful French and how they eat.

Last Week: 9

Weeks on List: 17

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