Mise en place is a French phrase that roughly translates to “everything in its place.” As a cooking technique, it’s exactly what it sounds like: a method of preparing and organizing ingredients to ...

A few months ago, I shared my top advice for learning how to be a faster, more efficient cook. I solicited readers’ best recommendations for spending less time in the kitchen and got some great tips ...

Before cooking, chefs gather and prep the ingredients and tools they need for cooking, a technique known as mise en place. Mise en place could also be seen as an organizing philosophy that you can ...

There are many elements that go into telling a story onscreen successfully. An audience may not realize it, but as writer/director/actor/crew, you must be aware of ...

Out of all the intoxicating phrases that emerge from the study of film, my personal favourite is mise-en-scène, translated from French to mean: what is in the frame. The phrase conjures up the ...