{"id":32303,"date":"2018-05-13T08:12:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T15:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=32303"},"modified":"2018-05-13T08:17:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T15:17:20","slug":"mise-en-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2018\/05\/13\/mise-en-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Mise en place"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everything in its place.<\/i><\/p>\n

German, the language of killing, would have that expression as alles in ordnung<\/i>. The French mise en place<\/i> adds charm and subtracts brutality with none of the functional coldness of the English ‘everything in its place’. The beauty of French is at one with the quality of their cuisine.<\/p>\n

Mise en place<\/i> is quite my favorite part of cooking a meal as it forces order without discipline, generating anticipation without apprehension.<\/p>\n

Here’s the setup for mussels and clams with garlic and fettuccine – as simple as it gets; the red peppers add a touch of zest in the broth:<\/p>\n

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The charming end grain checkered cutting board at left comes from Vermont, the last repository of American craftsmanship.<\/p>\n

The shaved Parmesan is absent here, as is the white wine in which the shellfish are cooked. A Benriner mandoline<\/a> is the best way to shave hard cheese into paper thin slices – but watch your fingers! Japanese make fabulous cameras …. and cooking tools<\/a>. As for the white wine, this is strictly a bottom shelf choice.<\/p>\n

iPhone6 snap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everything in its place. German, the language of killing, would have that expression as alles in ordnung. The French mise en place adds charm and subtracts brutality with none of the functional coldness of the English ‘everything in its place’. The beauty of French is at one with the quality of their cuisine. Mise en … Continue reading Mise en place<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dining","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32310,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32303\/revisions\/32310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}