Best Cookbooks of the Year

It's that time of year for newspapers to run their lists of the best cookbooks of the year, just in time for Christmas gift ideas.

The L.A. Times list is at the subject link. I'm quite interested in James Peterson's COOKING; I really like his books ESSENTIALS OF COOKING and WHAT'S A COOK TO DO?

The Washington Post's list (via the Las Cruces Sun-News) includes Peterson's COOKING and the new Martha Stewart cookbooks.

The New York Times lists 11 titles to consider. A second NYT list is here.

THE ESSENTIAL BAKER, listed by the El Paso Times, looks wonderful.

More cookbook lists from the Hartford Courant, the Orange County Register, AM New York (THE BACON COOKBOOK by James Villas gets a thumbs up), and the Knoxville News.

2007 cookbooks I've enjoyed include 150 THINGS TO MAKE WITH ROAST CHICKEN and the SILVER PALATE COOKBOOK 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION.