Mise en place.(Brief article)

 "Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world." --Ada Louise Huxtable, American architecture critic (b. 1921) 

[??] Summer has different meanings for chefs. For those in the mountains or at the shore, the summer months promise an influx of tourists filling the dining rooms and clearing the walk-ins nightly. For those working in big cities, summer is leaner and quieter, the dining public having scampered off to find relief in the cool oceans and leafy parks. For others, summer might …