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French cooking is one of the few codified cuisines in the world.
Foods are typed according to their method of preparation and their sauce. Hundred of sauces have been created to enhance the texture and the flavor of foods. The history of French haute cuisine dates to the arrival of Catherine de M dicis at the French court and her marriage to Henri II in the 16th century. Louis XIV was deeply interested in French cuisine. During his reign, at Versailles, the fork became widely used and fine porcelain was made into dinnerware.