LOS ANGELES TIMES LIST FOR JULY 14, 2004

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

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*--* 1 Bobby Flay’s Boy Gets Grill: 125 Reasons to Light Your Fire! by Bobby Flay (Scribner, $30) If it’s summer, there’s a new Bobby Flay grilling book.

2 The Provence Cookbook by Patricia Wells (HarperCollins, $29.95) The latest from the well-known American expat features recipes gathered from her neighbors.

3 How to Grill by Steven Raichlen (Workman, $19.95) Everything you ever wanted to know, with pictures.

4 30-Minute Meals 2 by Rachael Ray (Lake Island Press, $14.95) Still going strong more than a year after publication.

5 Italian Easy: Recipes From the London River Cafe by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers (Clarkson Potter, $35) Admirers of the authors’ half-dozen other cookbooks are propelling this new title.

6 The Balthazar Cookbook by Lee Hanson, Riad Nasr and Keith McNally (Clarkson Potter, $37.50) Brasserie cooking from the owner and chefs of the Manhattan restaurant.

7 Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco by Calvin Trillin (Random House, $12.95) The first all-food essay collection from the droll writer in 20 years.

8 Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten (Crown, $35) A favorite for all seasons.

9 Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover’s Courtship, with Recipes by Amanda Hesser (W.W. Norton & Co., $14.95) A love-it or hate-it memoir with recipes by a New York Times food reporter and author of “The Cook and the Gardener.”

10 South Beach Cookbook by Arthur Agatston (Rodale Press, $29.95) Recipes for the dieter.

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