L.A. Times Cookbook Hotlist

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Rankings are based on a Times poll of national

and independent cookbook sellers.

*--* Last Month Months on List 1 “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser 4 16 (HarperCollins, $13.95). A condemnation of the national pastime 2 “Near a Thousand Tables” by Felipe -- -- Fernandez-Armesto (Free Press, $25). Food through the ages 3 “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution” by 1 4 Robert C. Atkins (Avon Books, $7.99). A revised how-to from the diet guru 4 “Weight Watchers New Complete 8 4 Cookbook” (Hungry Minds, $19.95). More than 500 recipes for the famous diet plan 5 “Comfort Foods” by Rachael Ray (Lake -- -- Island Press, $14.95). It’s not only fast, it’s comforting 6 “30-Minute Meals” by Rachael Ray 10 2 (Lake Isle Press, $14.95). A book from TV’s half-hour chef 7 “I’m Just Here for the Food” by Alton 3 4 Brown (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $32.50). A hip textbook from another Food Network personality 8 “What Einstein Told His Cook” by -- 1 Robert L. Wolke (Norton, $25.95). A chemistry professor answers kitchen science questions 9 “The Healthy Kitchen” by Andrew Weil 5 4 and Rosie Daley (Knopf, $24.95). Healthy recipes from a doctor and Oprah’s former chef 10 “Cooking Thin With Chef Kathleen” by 2 4 Kathleen Daelemans (Houghton Mifflin, $27). Two hundred easy recipes for weight loss

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