Pierre Poivre the Seychelles. Pierre Poivre married Françoise Robin (1749 - 1841) on 5 September 1766 in Pommiers, Rhône. They had three children: He was an uncle to the renowned French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814). The Poivre Islands coral atoll is named in his honor. They are located in the Amirante Islands group of coral islands and atolls that belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. Pierre's surname means "pepper" (;) in French, leading some authors to identify him as the subject of the Peter Piper rhyme. Pierre Poivre Pierre Poivre (23 August 1719 – 6 January 1786) was an 18th
Coq au vin long before that. A somewhat similar recipe, "poulet au vin blanc", appeared in an 1864 cookbook. Julia Child included "coq au vin" in her 1961 cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", and she prepared it twice on the PBS cooking show "The French Chef." This exposure helped to increase the visibility and popularity of the dish in the United States, and coq au vin was seen as one of Child's signature dishes. Although the word ""coq"" in French means "rooster" or "cock", and tough birds with lots of connective tissue benefit from braising, most modern "coq au vin" recipes