L.A. Times Cookbook Hotlist

1.”Comfort Me With Apples” by Ruth Reichl (Random House, $24.95). More adventures at the table, and elsewhere.

Last Week: 3

Weeks On List: 6

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

Last Week: 1

Weeks On List: 6

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

Last Week: 6

Weeks On List: 3

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

Last Week: 2

Weeks On List: 13

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

Last Week: 7

Weeks On List: 69

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

Last Week: 5

Weeks On List: 48

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

Last Week: 10

Weeks On List: 4

8.”The Cake Mix Doctor” by Anne Byrn (Workman, $14.95). How to turn a box cake into something special.

Last Week: 9

Weeks On List: 65

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

Last Week: 4

Weeks On List: 8

10.”Iron Chef: The Official Book” by Fuji Television (Berkley Publishing Group, $21.95). You’ve seen the TV show, now read the book.

Last Week: --

Weeks On List: 1

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