Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

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

Last Week: 4

Weeks on List: 36

2. “Martha Stewart’s Hors D’Oeuvres Handbook” by Martha Stewart (Clarkson Potter, $35). A contemporary spin to party finger foods.

Last Week: 2

Weeks on List: 8

3. “A Spoonful of Ginger” by Nina Simonds (Alfred Knopf, $30). Healing recipes from China.

Last Week:

Weeks on List: 5

4. “LaBelle Cuisine” by Patti LaBelle (Broadway Books, $25). First “Lady Marmalade,” now this: recipes from the soul diva.

Last Week: 2

Weeks on List: 5

5. “Tender at the Bone” by Ruth Reichl (Broadway Books, paperback, $13). A culinary memoir from the editor of Gourmet magazine.

Last Week: 3

Weeks on List: 12

6. “Learning to Cook With Marion Cunningham” (Random House, $29.95). Get the basics from one of America’s great home cooks.

Last Week: 10

Weeks on List: 4

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.

Last Week: 5

Weeks on List: 7

8. “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone” by Deborah Madison (Broadway Books, $40). Vegetarian cookbook with 1,400 recipes and sections on ingredients and cooking methods.

Last Week: 9

Weeks on List: 69

9. “A Food-Lover’s Guide to Paris” by Patricia Wells (Workman, paperback, $16.95). Everyone’s favorite American in Paris is back.

Last Week: 8

Weeks on List: 3

10. “Bobby Flay’s Boy Meets Grill” (Little, Brown, $29.95). Wild and crazy recipes for the backyard chef.

Last Week: --

Weeks on List: 1

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