Fresh Off Winning the ‘Julia Child Challenge,’ a California Home Chef Wants to Teach Americans About Brazilian Cuisine

Oceanside resident Jaine Mackievicz-Cenci, who grew up in Brazil watching Julia Child's cooking show on TV, breaks eggs while making an olive oil and vanilla cake in her apartment in Oceanside on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Hayne Palmour IV/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS

By Pam Kragen From The San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego — As a little girl growing up in the Amazon region of Northern Brazil, Jaíne Mackievicz-Cenci had an unlikely hero — French cookbook author and TV chef Julia Child.