L.A. Times Cookbook Hotlist

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Rankings are based on a Times poll of national

and independent cookbook sellers.

*--* Last Week Weeks on List 1 “I’m Just Here for the Food” by Alton 7 11 Brown (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $32.50). A hip textbook from another Food Network personality 2 “Cooking Thin With Chef Kathleen” by 2 15 Kathleen Daelemans (Houghton Mifflin, $27). She lost weight, you can too 3 “What Einstein Told His Cook” by Robert -- 3 L. Wolke (Norton, $25.95). A chemistry professor answers kitchen science questions 4 “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser 4 59 (HarperCollins, $13.95). A condemnation of the national pastime 5 “The Healthy Kitchen” by Andrew Weil 1 14 and Rosie Daley (Knopf, $24.95). Healthy recipes from a doctor and Oprah’s former chef 6 “How to Be a Domestic Goddess” by -- 25 Nigella Lawson (Hyperion, $35). Cookies, cupcakes and pies for the goddess in you 7 “Al Roker’s Big, Bad Book of Barbecue” 9 5 by Al Roker (Scribner, $27.95). TV weatherman turns barbecue king 8 “Weber’s Big Book of Grilling” by Jamie 5 14 Purviance and Sandra McRae (Chronicle, $22.95). Who knows barbecuing better? 9 “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution” by 6 16 Robert C. Atkins (Avon Books, $7.99). A revised how-to from the diet guru 10 “Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook” -- 14 (Hungry Minds, $19.95). More than 500 recipes for the famous diet plan

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