L.A. Times Cookbook Hotlist

1. “The Healthy Kitchen” by Andrew Weil and Rosie Daley (Knopf, $24.95). Healthy recipes from a doctor and Oprah’s former chef.

Last Week: 2

Weeks on List: 13

2. “Cooking Thin With Chef Kathleen” by Kathleen Daelemans (Houghton Mifflin, $27). She lost weight, you can too.

Last Week: 7

Weeks on List: 14

3. “Los Barrios Family Cookbook” by Diana Barrios Trevino (Villard, $17.95). Recipes from the Tex-Mex restaurant in San Antonio.

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Weeks on List: 1

4. “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser (HarperCollins, $13.95). A condemnation of the national pastime.

Last Week:9

Weeks on List: 58

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

Last Week: 4

Weeks on List: 13

6. “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution” by Robert C. Atkins (Avon Books, $7.99). A revised how-to from the diet guru.

Last Week: 5

Weeks on List: 15

7. “I’m Just Here for the Food” by Alton Brown (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $32.50). A hip textbook from another Food Network personality.

Last Week: 3

Weeks on List: 10

8. “Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen” by Lidia Bastianich (Knopf, $35). Recipes from merged cultures, based on the companion TV show.

Last Week: 6

Weeks on List: 26

9. “Al Roker’s Big, Bad Book of Barbecue” by Al Roker (Scribner, $27.95). TV weatherman turns barbecue king.

Last Week: 1

Weeks on List: 4

10. “The Fourth Star” by Leslie Brenner (Crown, $25). The push for perfection--and a four-star rating--at New York’s Restaurant Daniel.

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Weeks on List: 1

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Rankings are based on a Times poll of national

and independent cookbook sellers.