Besides the advantage of having all your necessary ingredients prepped and "set in place," Mise en place provides you the opportunity to buy stacks and stacks of the cutest little bowls that you can sneak onto your already overcrowded bowl shelf without much clatter from the other bowls or your family who thinks that you should probably be attending BA(bowls anonymous) meetings. These dashing mini bowls were snatched up on an inspirational Sunday trip to Anthropolgie with Susan Yum Yum. I also bought Giada's new cookbook. Tonite I tried angel hair spaghetti with chicken, roasted pine nuts, lemon sauce and parmesan. (slight variation of page 137) This dish was like wearing your favorite sweater on a cool spring night. Now I am off to make some wicked dessert with white chocolate chips and spices.