Let's travel back to mid 2000s.The question What's your BBM pin was as common as asking your phone number. This was around the time when Blackberry dominated the smartphone market. After hurting our fingers on the Nokia's numeric keypads for years, the shift to blackberry's qwerty keypad was nothing short of iconic.It made texting and checking emails a thousand times easier. But how many people do you now see using Blackberry? The answer is perhaps 0. The company went from holding over 20% of the global smartphone market to almost zero in a few short years. How did this happen?
Read BlogMise-en-place, pronounced as "MEEZ ahn plahs" is a French culinary phrase which means "putting in place" or "everything in its place". It is a term used for having all your ingredients measured, cut, peeled,sliced,grated etc. Pans, mixing bowls, tools and equipment are set out. It is a technique used by chefs to assemble meals quickly and effortlessly. It is safe to say that many of us are under-planners. Especially in the kitchen. By doing simple things such as mise-en-place, we can make it easier.At it's core, mise-en-place revolves around three values: preparation, process and presence. Mise-en-place is a system which can be used to create order and balance in one's life.
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