Situated on the Côte d'Azur, Julia and Paul built the house in 1965 on an old potato patch owned by fellow chef Simone Beck. Julia collaborated with Simone on their first cookbook, the seminal Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

The endearing property with its shuttered windows and ivy-covered walls is pictured here in images supplied by TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, taken when the house went up for sale for the first time in 2015.

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