COOKBOOK HOT LIST

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. “Tamales,” Mark Charles Miller, Stephen Pyles and John Sedlar (MacMillan, $25).

8. “Martha Stewart’s Healthy Quick Cook,” by Martha Stewart (Clarkson Potter, $32.50).

9. “Play With Your Food,” by Joost Ellfers (Stewart Tabori & Chang, $19.95).

10. “The New Food Lover’s Companion,” by Sharon T. Herbst (Barron, 1995, $12.95, paperback).

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