mise

Example Sentences

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TikTok serves up step-by-step mise en place with soft jazz and fingernail clacks; mukbang creators rake in millions by eating crab legs in front of a ring light.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

"The process of mise en place, which is a restaurant standard practice, keeps you neat and organized as you work," she explains.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 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

Once there, I barely recognized the mise en scene I’d detailed in the novel.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

But for the mise en scène, and the dramatis personae surrounding him, any one passing at the moment might have mistaken him for an honest man, suffering from some grave and recent misfortune.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne