Background
Marcelle Bienvenu was born on February 26, 1945 in St. Martinville, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of Marcel M. and Rhena (maiden name: Broussard) Bienvenu.
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Marcelle Bienvenu was born on February 26, 1945 in St. Martinville, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of Marcel M. and Rhena (maiden name: Broussard) Bienvenu.
Marcelle graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana with the B.A. degree in 1967.
Marcelle wrote a written a weekly food column, Creole Cooking, for "The Times Picayune of New Orleans" for over 30 years. She is the author of the books: "Who’s Your Mama, Are You Catholic and Can You Make a Roux?, Who’s Your Mama... (The Sequel)", "Cajun Cooking for Beginners" and "No Baloney on My Boat". She worked as a feature writer in New Orleans in 1967-1971 and as a researcher and consultant at Time-Life Books, New York in 1971. She owned and operated a restaurant, Chez Marcelle, near Lafayette, Louisiana, in the early 1980s, and has worked for several restaurants, including Commander’s Palace and K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen in New Orleans. She worked as an author of the weekly column “Cooking Creole” at Times-Picayune since 1984. She was a food writer at Times of Acadiana since 1986 and a cookbook writer at Emeril’s Restaurant 1993. Currently she is a chef/instructor at Nicholls State University in the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute in Thibodaux.
Marcelle is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier.
Marcelle married Rock H. Lasserre, Jr. on October 6, 1990.
