Love Me, Feed Me: Sharing with Your Dog the Everyday Good Food You Cook and Enjoy

From the esteemed food editor and author Judith Jones, a charming, practical guide to sharing the pleasures of home cooking with your dog.<br><br> Doesn't man's best friend deserve a little more than cardboard-dry kibble day in and day out? Judith Jones thinks so, and in this delightful new cookbook she offers up more than fifty home-cooked recipes, both time efficient and finance friendly - among them Salmon Cakes, Wild Mushroom Risotto, and Shepherd's Pie - that she's loved and shared with her own canines. <br><br> Jones explains the nutritional benefits of substituting, or supplementing, store-bought food with a diet of fresh, home-prepared ingredients. She offers helpful extras like advice on portion size, what to do with scraps, and the latest research on controversial ingredients such as garlic (newly vindicated) , ginger (use sparingly) , and eggplant (an acquired taste, but scrape out the seeds) . Though many of the recipes are simple to prepare, using basic techniques and ingredients home cooks are likely to have on hand, Jones never compromises flavor or variety; when a full recipe - her mouth-watering Moussaka, for instance - is too complex for a dog's palate or digestive health, Jones gives detailed instructions on how to modify your pet's share.<br><br> Jones balances her recipes, tips, and techniques with endearing accounts of life with her own dogs, including her very first, a Scottish terrier; a poodle who charmed a French chef into serving up a haute-cuisine feast <i>gratis;</i> and her current Havanese pup, Mabon, who occasionally contributes his own two cents within these pages. She also includes the thoughts of some of her canine- and food-loving friends, Jacques Pépin and M. F. K. Fisher among them. With <i>Love Me, Feed Me</i> to guide you, planning what to put in your dog's bowl becomes a natural part of deciding what to put on your own table, and your dog will savor mealtimes all the more because of it. <br><br> Filled with the practical wisdom and verve of a master home cook and lifetime dog lover, <i>Love Me, Feed Me</i> can only lead to a happier, healthier dog.