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Real Food for Cats: 50 Vet-Approved Recipes to Please the Feline Gastronome (Paperback)

by Patti Delmonte (Author), Anne Davis (Illustrator) "Over the years, many cat fanciers have asked the author of the foreword, Dr. David S. Kronfeld, how to cook for their cats..." (more)
Key Phrases: teaspoon iodized salt, teaspoon bonemeal, teaspoons bonemeal, Dill Sauce (more...)

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Lots of people enjoy making or buying treats for their pets, but wouldn't it be wonderful to cook a real meal for the four-legged member of the household? Quirky yet practical, these cookbooks provide recipes that are nutritionally balanced and veterinarian-approved. They even include sections on "tandem" recipes - recipes for humans that, with slight modifications, can also be served to pets.

REAL FOOD FOR CATS is The Cat Lover's Cookbook, completely revised with new recipes, new information, and all-new illustrations.

From the Back Cover
Your cat will meow for more

This wonderfully inspired, joyously illustrated cookbook will have your cat rubbing your ankles faster than you can say "can opener." You'll find nutritionally balanced, vet-approved, no-fuss recipes, from Meowish Sushi to Kitty Fondue to Gizzard Goulash. In addition, there are prescription recipes for birthday parties and other special events, tips on cat care, and even tandem recipes - dishes to satisfy both the people and the cats in your household.

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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (October 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580174094
ISBN-13: 978-1580174091
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #354,029 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Over the years, many cat fanciers have asked the author of the foreword, Dr. David S. Kronfeld, how to cook for their cats. Read the first page

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teaspoon iodized salt, teaspoon bonemeal, teaspoons bonemeal, theme recipe, teaspoon corn oil, tablespoon corn oil, cooked liver, cup uncooked rice

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Dill Sauce

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1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware and ABBEY is wrong, April 16, 2007

By	Lyn Isbell (South Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

UPDATE 5/14/07: Because there is a mystifying dispute between those readers who see onions (harmful to cats) in these recipes and those who don't, here's an easy way to see for yourself and make an informed decision. Use the excellent Amazon feature "Search Inside This Book." Either key in the word "onion" and click "Go" to see how many pages list onions in the recipes (I find 22) or choose the "Surprise me" option and click it repeatedly -- it took only 4-5 clicks for me to find "Kitty Tacos" with 1/2 cup onion listed as the second ingredient.

Original April 2007 review:
WARNING: Onions are toxic to cats, and these recipes are full of onions.

While a few recipes in this book may be safe, it's hard to trust that because many recipes specifically for cats contain onion -- and ABBEY, whose review 32 people found helpful, is dead wrong that this is only the "people recipes at the end of the book." (Sorry, ABBEY, but I did read and comprehend the information.)

Don't be swayed by my saying so -- please judge for yourself. With the pet food recall, we all need to watch out for each other and, more importantly, for our precious cats. Below, I have copied page 23 verbatim, and it is NOT one of the "people recipes" at the end of the book:

"Tuna Cakes
Cats will race even faster to the sound of a whirring can opener if they think you're about to prepare this tasty and nutritious dish.
2 eggs
1 6-ounce can tuna, drained, and flaked
1 small ONION, finely chopped
4 slices bread, cubed into kitty size bits
1/2 teaspoon iodized salt
1 teaspoon brewer's yeast
1 teaspoon bonemeal
2 tablespoons margarine

1. Beat the eggs lightly in a bowl. Add the tuna, ONION, bread cubes, salt, brewer's yeast, and bonemeal. Mix thoroughly until moistened.
2. Form into small patties. Melt the margarine in a skillet and fry the patties until golden brown. When cool, crumble each patty and serve.
Makes 3 to 5 servings."

On page 25, the Fish Chowder specifically for cats calls for 1 glove garlic, minced and 2 tablespoons finely chopped ONION. On page 27, the Boogaloo Shrimp, again, in a recipe supposedly specifically for cats, the first ingredient is 1/2 chopped ONION. Page 32, the recipe for Chicken with Greens, there is a warning about introducing cats gradually to greens because they can be sensitive to it, but no warning about the 1 clove garlic in the recipe or on page 33, the Chicken Salad that calls for 1 tablespoon finely chopped ONION. The "people" recipes ABBEY refers to, called "Tandem Cooking" by the author, do not begin until page 81.

I am extremely disappointed I bought this potentially dangerous book and applaud the reviewer Cordelia Wright who is researching the vet who wrote the preface.

This is not a time to stand on ceremony when pet health is at stake from commercial food -- we need reliable sources of information about safe food, and this book is not it for the reasons previous reviewers have stated. Buyer, please beware.

I have complained to Amazon about continuing to promote and sell this book in the face of the pet food scare (a sick irony that people avoiding tainted commercial food turn to a so-called "vet-approved" recipe book containing recipes that will harm their cats!), and I have written a complaint to the book's publisher. I'm also pursuing getting a journalist involved to warn the public and find out how this book's author can claim these recipes are "vet-approved" when no vet would say giving onions to cats is safe.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Outright Dangerous, February 19, 2007

By	Navigator (Los Gatos, California) - See all my reviews

Before you even CONSIDER buying this book, take a few seconds to try this instructive little exercise: type "feed onions cats" (without the quotation marks) into your browser's search field, and see what comes up. ONIONS ARE TOXIC TO CATS. Cats are obligate carnivores, and many common plant compounds that humans ingest daily are actually poisonous to them. I wish that there were some way to get this book out of Amazon.com's database.

Many thanks to Cat Rescuer (see below) for being the first to spot this unbelievable incompetence and warn unsuspecting cat owners away from this "cookbook". This review is largely a repetition of what Cat Rescuer has already said; I just added this one on to knock a star of the book's rating. Please feel free to do the same.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Real Food for Cats: 50 Vet-Approved Recipes to Please the Feline Gastronome, April 4, 2007

By	S. E. Sauve (Colorado) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Take a close look at the sample recipes: they are full of onion. Something entirely unsafe to feed your cat. This is not possibly a vet-approved book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Junk Food for Cats
I didn't buy the book and I won't. I searched inside and saw all kinds of flour and bread being used in these recipes. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Penny Gname

1.0 out of 5 stars Thank you to everyone about the warning on this book!
I was all set to purchase this book in a grocery store after reviewing the contents and wanting to provide a healthy alternative for my cats. Read more

Published 8 months ago by carolyn

3.0 out of 5 stars Caveat Emptor
This book is based on a great premise, and one that became very pertinent not too long ago due to the petfood scares. Read more

Published 10 months ago by A. Miller

2.0 out of 5 stars Useless
There are no serving sizes per recipe of by weight of cat. Calories are missing. How can I feed my cats a healthy diet without this vital information?

Published 21 months ago by Laur-a-pa-ho

5.0 out of 5 stars Are we all rating the same book?
I bought a copy of this book and haven't seen any recipes that call for onions. Granted, I've only made about half the recipes so far, but I've seen nothing that will harm our... Read more

Published on May 11, 2007 by Cooper 'n me

4.0 out of 5 stars I didn't see onions
I got a copy of this book, looked at the Tuna Cakes recipe and it did not list onions. Also in the back of the book with the human recipes it informs to leave onions out of the... Read more

Published on May 11, 2007 by Angel

1.0 out of 5 stars Vet approved???
Onions can cause Heinz's Anemia in cats. I would not take my cat to any vet that approved feeding onions to a cat. This book has dangerous recipes. Read more

Published on April 22, 2007 by PT Cruiser

1.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous Recipes
UPDATE: I wrote to the publisher and was informed that there are two editions of the book. The second edition has eliminated the onions from the recipes intended for cats. Read more

Published on April 9, 2007 by J. Dellner

5.0 out of 5 stars a really good book
with all this cat food recall going on i came to this site to see if i could find a cook book for cat food. Read more

Published on March 29, 2007 by ABBEY

1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING/ZERO STARS! (Is Amazon censoring now???)
(update:5/14/07)A few years ago in 2004 I wrote a review here of this dangerous book and was the first to point out that many of the recipes call for onions, which are extremely... Read more

Published on October 3, 2004 by Cat Rescuer

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