Haute cuisine and shaping "haute cuisine", but their roles in the cuisine were what differentiated it from regular French cuisine. "Haute cuisine" was characterized by French cuisine in elaborate preparations and presentations served in small and numerous courses that were produced by large and hierarchical staffs at the grand restaurants and hotels of Europe. The cuisine was very rich and opulent with decadent sauces made out of butter, cream, and flour, the basis for many typical French sauces that are still used today. The 17th century chef and writer La Varenne marked a change from cookery known in the Middle Ages, to
Murri Cuisine the main garnishing on the plate, assuming the likeness of fecund earth to complement the appearance of the meats. "The aim is to present the best of Mother Earth, in close to what we are used to seeing, the soil, leaves, ocean and sky. That is when we form a connection with the universe." said Thibault. Relatively new and still in its experimental stages, other chefs have begun to experiment with murri/fossilised cuisine. These include renowned French chef Andrea Toulouse and Kim Salinger from New York. Chefs who have presented full menus of murri cuisine have commented that force and