When the Kzinti take over of a patrol ship in the vicinity of Earth, a female crew dietician helps to defeat the invaders by reprogramming the food synthesizers to weaken her foes. First published in Analog in August 1996, this is an “authorized Man-Kzin Wars story” set in Larry Niven’s universe and part volume VIII of “Man-Kzin Wars” series

Traces the earliest days of the first Man-Kzin War, during which humans foil the huge feline warriors' attempt to turn them into slaves by enslaving them instead, until one of the cats turns out to be gifted with mental telepathy