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\ ˌmē-ˌzäⁿ-ˈpläs 
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\Definition of mise en place
: a culinary process in which ingredients are prepared and organized (as in a restaurant kitchen) before cooking
Wash and chop vegetables the night before the party: Professionals call it mise en place; we call it making life easier. — Glamour Mise en place is the religion of all good line cooks.— Anthony Bourdain also : the set of ingredients prepared using this process The class's combined mise en place would amount to thirty-six pounds of mirepoix, big bags of all the other minces, chops, and dices … — Michael Ruhlman
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The first known use of mise en place was in 1876
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