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Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet Potato Pie By Bill Neal (Knopf, $19.95) Carolina cook Neal says that ''it is a Southern trait to have a story for every occasion,'' and so his book on Southern baking has a history for every meticulously researched recipe, from raised biscuits to Robert E. Lee Cake.
Coyote Cafe By Mark Miller (Ten Speed Press, $24.95) Miller, chef of Santa Fe's chic Coyote Cafe, dishes up inventive soups and salsas, borrows offbeat regional specialties from his Mexican travels, and translates ''inspirations'' from other countries into the language of salsas and empanadas.
Cucina Rustica By Viana La Place and Evan Kleiman (Morrow, $20.95) In the overcrowded field of Italian cookbooks, La Place and Kleiman have carved out a niche with food that is fresh, fast, stylish, and vivid.
Curries and Bugles: a memoir and A cookbook of the british raj By Jennifer Brennan (HarperCollins, $25) ''Fusion'' cuisine that combines cold ham and naan bread, chapattis with Scotch whiskey marmalade.
Mrs. Witty's Home-Style Menu Cookbook By Helen Witty (Workman; hardcover $22.50, paper $12.95) Witty, who welcomes kitsch in her kitchen, has found excellent recipes for such old-time staples as pot roast and pineapple upside- down cake.
Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant By the Moosewood Collective (Simon & Schuster, $16.95) A cookbook harvest from vegetarian Mecca, the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, N.Y.
The Thrill of the Grill By Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby (Morrow, $24.95) Schlesinger, who does not believe in catsup, sets everything from tripe to squid flamboyantly a-sizzle-his is flashy, no-fuss food with a good strong kick.
