The Medieval Cookbook; Maggie Black; Hardcover; $22.46;.This book is nicely organized in how it takes its focus from different Medieval Figures such as: Chaucer, Richard II, and The Goodman of Paris. Good general overview of some of the cooking habits during the different time periods. The recipes included the orignal text of the recipes along with her modernization.

Pleyn Delit : Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks; Constance B. Hieatt, et al; Hardcover; $45.00; Highly revised from the 1976 edition to account for the fact that the authors have since seen the actual manuscripts from which the recipes are taken. Includes the original directions and modern, tested recipes for hours d'oeuvres, eggs, and cold dishes; soppes and potages; sauces; bruets, stews, and other boiled fish, poultry, and meat dishes; broiled, baked, and roasted dishes; desserts; and subtleties.

Pleyn Delit : Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks; Constance B. Hieatt, et al; Paperback; $16.16; Highly revised from the 1976 edition to account for the fact that the authors have since seen the actual manuscripts from which the recipes are taken. Includes the original directions and modern, tested recipes for hours d'oeuvres, eggs, and cold dishes; soppes and potages; sauces; bruets, stews, and other boiled fish, poultry, and meat dishes; broiled, baked, and roasted dishes; desserts; and subtleties.

Brew Chem 101 : The Basics of Homebrewing Chemistry; Lee W. Janson; Paperback; $11.65; Brew Chem 101 clearly informs the reader what happens when grain, water, hops, and yeast come together to produce beer. You don't need a chemistry or math background to comprehend this easy to read book. Its a great book for the beginning and advanced brewer.

Designing Great Beers : The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles; Ray Daniels; Paperback; $17.96; Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide To Brewing Classic Beer Styles is more than just a recipe book or merely another "how-to" manual, it is an indispensable guide intended for brewers interested in formulating their own beers based on classic styles, modern techniques, and their own vision of the perfect beer. With more than 200 tables, Designing Great Beers offers brewers knowledge on the essence of various styles, giving them the needed insight to create their own beers including "Six Steps to Successful Beer", "Hitting Target Gravity", "Pilsener and Other Pale Lagers", "Yellow-Red Proportions of Beers, Malts and Caramels", and "Common Hop Varieties and Their Typical Alpha Acid Levels". Designing Great Beers is must reading for every home brewer, microbrewer, and fun armchair reading for armchair reader contemplating the perfect brew.

The Homebrewer's Recipe Guide : More Than 175 Original Beer Recipes, Including Magnificent Pale Ales, Ambers, Stouts, Lagers, and Seasonal Brews, plus; Patrick Higgins, et al; Paperback; $10.80; From lagers to stouts, pale ales to ambers, comes this heady collection of recipes for beers that can be brewed at home. The Homebrewer's Recipe Guide is at the forefront of the microbrewing trend, with a wide diversity of rec ipes for ice-cold beer.

The Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages; Terence Scully, Terrence Scully; Hardcover; $45.00

Food in the Middle Ages : A Book of Essays (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol 1744); Melitta Weiss Adamson (Editor); Hardcover; $33.00

Brew Ware : How to Find, Adapt, & Build Homebrewing Equipment; Karl F. Lutzen, et al; Paperback; $15.26

The Complete Handbook of Home Brewing; David G. Miller, et al; Paperback; $11.65