Meet the Woman Making New Magic in Julia Child's French Home — Happy Birthday, Julia Child!

Makenna Johnston is the current owner of the Courageous Cooking School at La Peetch, Julia Child's former summer home in Provence, France — and she has some pretty big shoes to fill (both literally and figuratively).

Before the serial entrepreneur saw a listing for the legendary property back in 2015, Makenna had zero formal culinary training and had never considered running a cooking school as part of her future. But as soon as the house nestled in the rural French countryside went on the market, Makenna knew that she had what it takes to keep the magic alive. (And she has a lot more in common with Julia Child that she may think.)

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