mise

Example Sentences

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The mise en scène is sumptuously prepared with flourishes of rococo drollery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

We obviously see how the cheftestants go about rushing around during the mise en place race, but what's that like on the back end?

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2023

I hope this anecdote shows you just how much I love mise en place.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2023

“You know how a chef has a mise en place?” said Noel Casler, a podcaster and comedian.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2022

It is interesting to observe, at any rate, as an oddity, that your story of the crime and the mise en sc�ne appears to bear the stamp of your own imagination.

From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite