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A fun design and tasty treats give this gift book the irresistible Wow! Meow! factor

Seventy-eight million cats make themselves at home in the U.S. Following on the paws of the highly successful The Ultimate Dog Treat Cookbook (0-7645-9773-6), this book contains 50 delicious recipes that have earned a seal of approval from cats and veterinarians. Recipes feature easy-to-find ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions. Colorful illustrations add a fun feel, while sidebars offer tips on nutrition and cooking techniques. The Ultimate Cat Treat Cookbook is an ideal gift for any kitty lover.

Liz Palika (Oceanside, CA) is an award-winning author of more than 40 books. She has won awards from the Cat Writers' Association and the Dog Writers Association of America. Palika's work has been published in a variety of magazines, including Newsweek, the Saturday Evening Post, Dog World, Dog Fancy, and the AKC Gazette.
Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Taste Tests.

Cooking and Baking Terms.

Minimum Equipment.

Some Cooking Tips.

A Variety of Treats.

Chapter 1: Cookies by the Spoonful.

Chapter 2: Cookie-Cutter Treats.

Chapter 3: Special Goodies for Special Occasions.

Chapter 4: Spectacular Cats Deserve Tasty Treats!

Chapter 5: Scrumptious Snacks for Special-Needs Kitties.

Treats to Tempt the Finicky Eater.

Coaxing the Reluctant Eater.

Wheat-Free Treats.

Lactose-Free Treats.

Index.

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	13 novembre 2006
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780470049112
Langue	English

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Taste Tests
Cooking and Baking Terms
Minimum Equipment
Some Cooking Tips
A Variety of Treats
Chapter 1: Cookies by the Spoonful
Chapter 2: Cookie-Cutter Treats
Chapter 3: Special Goodies for Special Occasions
Chapter 4: Spectacular Cats Deserve Tasty Treats!
Chapter 5: Scrumptious Snacks for Special-Needs Kitties
Treats to Tempt the Finicky Eater
Coaxing the Reluctant Eater
Wheat-Free Treats
Lactose-Free Treats
Index
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Deb Eldredge, DVM, for scrutinizing all these recipes to make sure our feline friends can safely indulge! Thanks, Deb! I appreciate it.
Thanks, too, to Troy Cummings for his wonderful illustrations. They were a big hit in The Ultimate Dog Treat Cookbook and will be just as popular in this book, I’m sure.
Introduction
Y ou have probably heard that cats can be finicky eaters. And many cats are. However, while I was testing recipes for The Ultimate Dog Treat Cookbook , my cats were very interested in most of the recipes I was making. Xena, a 4-year-old classic tabby, was insistent that I share some of the treats with her; when I handed a treat to the dogs, she was right there with them, her paw outstretched to bat a treat from my hand. So I began making cat treats, too.
Taste Tests
As I created and tested recipes for this book, I did find that cats can be much pickier than dogs, and each cat had specific likes and dislikes. Xena liked treats that smelled good. If the treat had a strong meaty scent, she would try it. Havoc, my 11-year-old Russian Blue, loves catnip, and any of the treats with catnip garnered his interest. He didn’t like soft treats, though; he prefers hard, crunchy ones. Squirt, my 15-year-old, was open-minded; she would sniff anything, but she reliably ate only those treats made with tuna.
Midway through testing the recipes for this book, my husband and I took in two abandoned sister kittens and named them Pumpkin and Squash. (Yes, we adopted them in the fall, and yes, they are orange and white!) Here were two new taste testers for me. Of course, this was a little unfair because the sisters had been hungry, and they were willing to eat just about anything. But if a recipe didn’t cut it with these two, I dropped it.
After testing the treats with my cats, I asked some friends with cats to do some taste tests of their own. I would like to thank these people for letting their cats comprise my second round of taste testers: Petra Burke and her two domestic shorthairs, Aspen and Cedar; Katy Silva and her several cats, including Nacho; and Kate Abbott and her two cats, Thomas and Montague. Several other cats also participated in our taste tests, and my thanks go out to all of them. After cats approved these recipes, Deb Eldredge, DVM, scrutinized them to make sure they are indeed safe for our feline friends.
I didn’t expect all the cats to like all the treats in this book; that would be expecting too much because cats do have such specific likes and dislikes. However, if several cats disliked a particular treat, I either took that recipe back to the kitchen and revamped it or I dropped the recipe altogether. All the recipes in the book were accepted by the majority of the cats who took part in the testing.
Cooking and Baking Terms
This book is written in an easy-to-understand style, using the following cooking and baking terms:
• Chop: To cut food into pieces, from small (finely chopped) to large (coarsely chopped)
• Dice: To cut food into equal-sized small cubes (usually between and inch)
• Grate: To shred a solid food by using a hand grater, a blender, or a food processor
• Knead: To work dough with your hands, usually on a floured surface, to thoroughly blend the ingredients
• Puree: To mash food in a food processor or blender until it becomes a smooth paste or liquid
• Score: To cut, with a sharp knife, partway through uncooked dough so that it will break more evenly and easily after baking

Minimum Equipment
You do not need a kitchen full of special gadgets to create great-tasting cat treats, but you do need some basic equipment:
• A large metal or glass bowl for mixing ingredients
• A set of measuring cups that includes cup , cup , cup, and 1 cup
• A set of measuring spoons that includes teaspoon, 1 teaspoon, and 1 tablespoon
• Two cookie sheets
• A breadboard
• A rolling pin
• Small cookie cutters about 1 inch across (plastic or metal) in any shape
Some of the recipes also call for a food processor or blender. An electric mixer is not required, as most recipes are best mixed by hand.
Some Cooking Tips
If your cat likes crunchy treats, you can make many of the baked treats crunchier by turning off the oven, placing the treats back on a cookie sheet, and returning the treats to the oven for several hours or overnight as the oven cools.
If your cat has an allergy to wheat, including wheat flour, make the recipe with oat flour, rice flour, or even potato flour instead; most of the treats don’t require wheat flour. Just watch your baking times as the different flours can bake at slightly different rates. Also, some of the flours can create treats with different textures, so you may need to increase or decrease the moisture in each recipe. Some cats are lactose intolerant, so for those cats, you need to pay attention to which recipes include nonfat dry milk. Most of the recipes that require milk use goat’s milk, which is tolerable to more cats than is cow’s milk. Chapter 5 includes several additional wheat-free and lactose-free recipes.
Store any treats containing meats or fish in the refrigerator. Left out, they will spoil quickly. To store treats for more than 2 weeks, freeze them in a zipper-top plastic freezer bag or an airtight container.
A Variety of Treats
This cookbook includes recipes for several different forms of treats. Some are dropped by the spoonful onto a cookie sheet, while others are rolled out, cut with cookie cutters, and baked. Some are made from precooked ingredients, and those ingredients are mixed together to create a treat. A few even have raw ingredients. There are also recipes for something called “glop,” which is designed to appeal to all cats, even the pickiest eaters.
As you make treats for your cats, keep in mind that treats are not the sole component of a healthy daily diet. Although most of the recipes in this book are made from good foods, they are not designed to replace a quality diet. As a general rule, treats should not exceed 10% of a cat’s daily diet.
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