From rigatoni to dog biscuits, the Top 10 most downloaded recipes from our California Cookbook database shows just how diverse our readers’ interests are.

No. 3: Summer salad with Israeli couscous

  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Recipe: Apricot-raspberry crisp with almonds.

  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Greek lemon chicken.

  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Recipe: Perfecto Rocher’s paella verda

  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Sherry Yard’s dog biscuits

  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Mustards Grill’s curried slaw

  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Recipe: Oven Spoonful’s chocolate chip cookies

  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Balsamic-strawberry gelato

  (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)