Who Invented Coq au Vin?

The origins of coq au vin and other recipes is usually very hard to determine and trace to one person. Coq au vin and other food recipe ingredients cannot be patented or copyrighted protected, and all food recipe ingredients are public domain. Coq au vin is a French recipe for chicken stew, legend has it that Julius Caesar's cook created the first Coq au vin recipe, after the Gauls gave Caesar a tough old rooster as tribute for his conquering of them, and the cook made the best of the meal to serve back to the Gauls. However, it is more likely that coq au vin evolved as a local recipe in France.

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