1.   As with cooking en papillote, the ingredients, all quick cooking, essentially steam in their own juices in the tightly covered container.

2.   Classically, the parchment is cut into a heart shape for baking en papillote.

3.   Cooking en papillote is a sophisticated way of preparing all kinds of foods.

4.   Cooking en papillote is best kept simple.

5.   Cooking en papillote is almost always associated with fish and vegetables.

6.   Cooking fish en papillote is a classic French method in which the parchment package puffs up as it fills with steam and becomes golden in the oven.

7.   Most are held in the early evening and serve chicken tenders and ice-cream sundaes rather than salmon en papillote.

8.   No matter how simple, though, cooking successully en papillote takes thoughtfulness and a great understanding of ingredients.

9.   Steaming can also be done in the oven, en papillote, with the food encased in parchment paper or aluminum foil.

10.   That drawback considered, cooking en papillote is thrilling when it works properly.