Living the life in Saint-Aignan

Some say that dishes like coq au vin and bœuf bourguignon actually improve with age, or are better the second day than they were the first day you eat them. Within reason... We'll be having our second lunch of our poulet au vin rouge today. At this point...

The next step is to take the marinated chicken pieces out of the marinade, dry them off, and brown them lightly in oil or butter or a combination the two.
After taking the chicken out of the marinade, strain the marinade and then brown the vegetables in the pan you browned the chicken pieces in....

The first step in making a poulet braisé au vin rouge (coq au vin style) is to cut up the chicken. It dawns on me that you could buy chicken parts — you need two boneless breasts, two drumsticks, two thighs (boneless or on the bone), and two wings. You...

Well, it's not these exact birds (which I photographed in 2005), but we are going to have chicken. Coq au vin, or Poulet au vin rouge if you prefer. This morning I'm preparing the ingredients for a marinade and cutting up the chicken, which I bought...