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

It's one of the reasons I so love "mise en place."

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023

Was there anything you found especially surprising as far as how the cheftestants performed in the mise race or cook itself?

From Salon • Apr. 28, 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

Then the incident of the plate differs so completely from anything in the ordinary mise en scene of supernatural stories.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm