Dinner for Two »  Quick recipes for you and your dinner mate.
[Photograph: Kerry Saretsky]  Even when you're cooking for two,
even when it's the middle of the week, even when you don't want
a whole fuss for dinner, you can make something that looks
really fancy and French that at the same time is about the
easiest way to foolproof cooking.  En papillote, also known as,
a paper bag.  When you cook en papillote, you put all your
ingredients (fish or chicken, side veggies, and your sauce
ingredients) into a parchment packet, and bake it. The veggies
soften. The fish or chicken steams and is tender and juicy. And
any garlic or wine or butter you put in the packets stews
together into its own little sauce. Then you just serve this
elegant packet for dinner, cut into it, eat, and throw it out
and you haven't even dirtied a pot.  It's genius.  This version
is light and fresh and punchy. Cut up some zucchini and put them
at the bottom of the packet. Then, a nice piece of thick, white
cod. Over that: garlic, chilie