Fancy Feast Is Making Wet Cat Food Palatable For Humans At This Café

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The luxurious life of a feline has always been the envy of humans. With that said, there’s one thing that people wouldn’t trade their responsibilities for, and that’s eating mice—and wet cat food.

Fancy Feast, the renowned gourmet cat food brand, implores paw parents to give the slop a go, but only at the popup experience it’s hosting, Fête du Feline by Fancy Feast, on International Cat Day. The café—running for two days on August 7 and 8 in Madison Square Park—endeavors to connect cats and their humans through culinary pleasures.

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The highlight of the first evening is the Fête du Feline Grand Tasting, a ticketed event offering an intimate pâté tasting led by Fancy Feast’s in-house chef, Amanda Hassner, and culinary entrepreneur Andrew Rea, the self-taught filmmaker behind the Babish Culinary Universe. Rea will present a human version of Fancy Feast Gems, a layered pâté with a “halo” of gravy.

“Pâté is such a classic presentation in both fine dining and cat food,” says Rea. “I recreate famous dishes every day, but taking on my cat Bucky’s favorite food was a fun, new challenge for me.”

Chef Hassner has also crafted a menu that showcases the delightful flavors Fancy Feast brings to cats, including a savory basil lemonade served “Fancy Feast-style,” and a Panzanella with braised beef.

Saffron bisque. Image via Purina / PR Newswire

“In creating the menu for Fête du Feline, I wanted to play with all the things that make Fancy Feast so appealing to cats and bring those to life for cat lovers,” notes Hassner. “Serving food, whether to other people or our pets, is such an act of love, and I want humans to get a taste of the delight cats experience when eating.”

Basil lemonade. Image via Purina / PR Newswire

Guests can also enjoy hand-drawn pet portraits, custom engraved serving ware, insights from Purina’s pet behaviorist, and a special meet-and-greet with the iconic Fancy Feast cat.

Limited tickets will be available for free from July 31, and you can find out more here. For those who can’t make the event, fret not, as you can still download recipes from this free cookbook to “bring a taste of Fête du Feline into [your] own [kitchen].”

[via Food & Wine and Time Out New York, images via various sources]

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