Cliff Wright's new website

L.A. author Clifford A. Wright relaunched his website this morning, promising a site that's "twice as informative and fun as before." On it you'll find recipes from Croatia, Algeria, Spain, Italy, France, Tunisia and more, articles on food history and links to the food world. So what's new? Wright is offering memberships, which give you 1,000 "fully tested authentic" Mediterranean recipes, "heirloom recipes that work every time" and a two-part weekly and monthly newsletter, "The World of Fool" (yes, fool), which Wright describes as "a newsletter for the gastronomically correct." The full name: FOOL (Fūl): The Alimentary Peregrinations of an American Pantagruel, Diaries of Gastronomy and Pathos in the Mediterranean.

Some of the recipes are available only to members (non-members can get the Catalan Vegetable Medley, for instance, but you've gotta pay up to get Baked Lamb Loin Chops with Garlic Cream). Meanwhile, curious about the newsletter, I clicked a link that promised a taste of it. It took me back to the home page.

But I'll be bookmarking the site, mostly for the links. It's a great compendium of online sources for hard-to-find ingredients, kitchen equipment and recipes from France, Spain, North Africa and more -- some in the original languages. Plus, you can find cooking schools, podcasts and even the websites of some favorite cookbook authors. Paula Wolfert? She's linked.

-- Leslie Brenner