Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

1. “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone,” by Deborah Madison (Broadway Books, $35).

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 13

2. “The New Making of a Cook,” by Madeleine Kamman (Morrow, $40).

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 15

3. “Great Pies & Tarts,” by Carole Walter and Arthur Schwartz (Clarkson Potter, $35).

LAST WEEK: 8

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

4. “Cooking With the Two Fat Ladies,” by Jennifer Patterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright (Clarkson Potter, $25).

LAST WEEK: 4

WEEKS ON LIST: 15

5. “The New Elegant But Easy Cookbook,” by Marian Burros and Lois Levine (Simon & Schuster, $25).

6. “Joy of Cooking,” by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker (Scribner, $30).

LAST WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 16

7. “CookWise,” by Shirley O. Corriher (Morrow, $28.50).

LAST WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 16

8. “Marcella Cucina,” by Marcella Hazan (HarperCollins, $35).

LAST WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 15

9. “Good & Garlicky, Thick & Hearty, Soul-Satisfying, More-Than-Minestrone Italian Soup Cookbook,” by Joseph J. Famularo (Workman, $22.95).

LAST WEEK: --

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

10. “L’Atelier of Joel Robuchon,” by Patricia Wells and Joel Robuchon (John Wiley & Sons, $50).

LAST WEEK: --

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

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