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

Then I just get at it: one big mise en place, one big protein cook-off, one big baked goods batch.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

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

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

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2022

When one goes into them one doesn't impose one's mood, one's fancy, or one's ideas upon the place, but is dominated by one lasting personality—of furniture, of aspect, of general mise en sc�ne.

From A Butterfly on the Wheel by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger