Thursday, January 20, 2011

Lick Your Plate is Onto Something Big!

Perhaps you saw yesterday's New York Times article (thanks to everyone who called, or emailed to bring it to my attention!) about home cooking for dogs and cats. The gist of the piece was that, surprise, people are cooking organic and healthy meals for their dogs! Of course, they are, and wait until you see what professional chefs whip up!

Even Cesar Milan got his two cents in (hmm....wonder if he would write a cover blurb for us?): "The dog has always been a mirror of the human style of life," he said. "Organic has become a new fashion a new style of living. And if the human becomes aware, if he eats organic, he wants everyone around him to be healthy too, especially the one that is always there for you."

Of course, the decision to cook for you pets comes with some caveats as the article points out, but it is not our intention in the book to get into that discussion. As we say in the Introduction, the meals are meant to be special ones, much like the ones you might have at a restaurant, and the recipes are just that, suggestions.

Even Cesar is on board with that. "One of the ingredients missing from pet food is the love and energy you put in by cooking it," he comments. "It's that essence that you can't purchase anywhere in the world."

Hmmm...maybe we'll just reproduce that one for the back cover!

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