Café Handmade TT

23/12/2025

Why Recipes for Life?

Because no one gives you a manual for surviving chaos.

You learn by watching.
By adapting.

By doing whatever works in the moment.
Every chapter in this book is a recipe I didn’t ask for —lessons built from silence, resilience, and instinct.

This is not a cookbook.

It’s a record of how I learned to live.

22/12/2025

We are about to go LIVE. 📖✨

I am officially stepping into a new era — Chef Marcelle, author.

And honestly? I love the world we are living in right now.

There was a time when becoming an author meant sending your manuscript to 59 different publishers, waiting months (or years), and collecting rejection letters along the way. Today, with intention, preparation, and courage, you can self-publish in as little as 72 hours.

One click. One decision. One leap of faith.

This book was seven years in the making. What began as journaling to heal trauma and pain evolved into a memoir that blends my life story with the recipes that comforted me, carried me, and kept me grounded through every season.

This is more than a book.
It is healing.
It is truth
It is survival.
It is growth.
It is proof that we no longer need permission to tell our stories.
Technology? Sweet.
This era? Powerful.
This moment? Surreal.

We are going live — and I cannot wait to share this journey with you.

04/12/2025

Death is one of those truths we carry quietly —
We know it’s woven into life,
we brace ourselves for its arrival.

Yet when it reaches for someone we love,
The heart still trembles.
Because suddenly their laughter becomes a memory,
their touch becomes a wish,
and the voice that once called our name
now echoes only inside us.

And maybe that is what makes us human —
that even with all our knowing,
all our preparation,
We still feel the ache.
Because love leaves its mark,
And grief is simply love trying to find its way.

28/11/2025

Stepping into my new role as an author has been one of the most transformative chapters of my life.

This journey began seven years ago, when I made the decision to finally heal—from the trauma, the pain, and the parts of my story I had buried to survive. What started as simple journaling during therapy sessions slowly grew into something bigger than I ever imagined.

Those pages evolved into my first book—a memoir that weaves together my lived experiences with the recipes that brought me comfort, grounding, and strength at each stage of my life. It’s a book shaped by truth, resilience, and the flavors that carried me forward.

The process was its own education: the writing, the countless edits, the long nights of self-doubt, the decision between self-publishing or finding a publisher willing to believe in a first-time author, and even the practical questions like—How many copies should I print? Should I host a book launch? Where should it be?

Every single step reminded me that life is a cycle of learning and growing. And doing all of this while scaling Handmade by Jeanette Company taught me new depths of discipline, creativity, and courage.

What can readers expect from my memoir?

✨ A raw and honest journey through healing
✨ Lessons learned from life on the edge and life in the kitchen
✨ Stories of survival, purpose, and transformation
✨ Recipes that held my hand when words couldn’t
✨ A reminder that no matter where you start, you can rewrite your ending

I am humbled, proud, and excited to share this piece of my heart with the world.

Here’s to new beginnings—and to every woman rewriting her own story.

18/09/2024

Take a breath.
Have a rest
And start
Again tomorrow.


   

19/05/2024