L.A. Times Cookbook Hotlist

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

Last week: 2

Weeks on List: 11

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

Last week: 3

Weeks on List: 4

3.”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: 4

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

Last week: 4

Weeks on List: 6

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

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Weeks on List: 1

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

Last week: 6

Weeks on List: 67

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

Last week: 5

Weeks on List: 63

8.”Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook” (Hungry Minds, $16.95). More than 500 recipes for the famous diet plan.

Last week: 8

Weeks on List: 14

9.”Vegetables Every Day” by Jack Bishop (HarperCollins, $30). 365 recipes: That’s just one dish a day.

Last week: 9

Weeks on List: 6

10.”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: 2

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