High and Low : The $40 date in Los Angeles

     One of the great things about living in any major city, is abundant access to both the simple, affordable fun, and the high -end, expensive fun. L.A. might be better than most cities when it comes to this. We at EOT love being out traveling and exploring to find new experiences, but we…

HOW TO’S: PERK UP YOUR INSTANT RAMEN

Instant Ramen Revisited Time: 10 mins | Difficulty: Easy INGREDIENTS 1 package instant ramen (strongly recommend Mikes Mighty Good) 2-3 thinly sliced baby portable mushrooms 1 thinly sliced scallion 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 perfectly poached egg (for a great tutorial check out this site) – 1 egg cracked into a small ramekin – 1 tablespoon…

MAKING BANANA PANCAKES

Banana Fall Pancakes  Time: 20 mins | Difficulty: Easy INGREDIENTS 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 large egg 1/2 banana sliced 1/4 cup fresh berries, optional DIRECTIONS In a small…

BREAKFAST… A prelude

1 week ago. INT. NIGHT – MATT’S RED FORD RANGER MATT wonders, to himself, driving all the way across Santa Monica boulevard after a hell-ish day of working on a TV show. His lady love and wonderful girlfriend, NATALIE sits beside him in the passenger seat, “koala-ing” his whole right arm, which is to say…

L.A. STAYCATION + FREE ART DAYS

This week has been AMAZING! Matt and I found ourselves with a dark week (also known as a week off) from the current show we are both working on. Last time we had a dark week, we packed up the car and headed to Palm Springs for some R&R (post to come on that awesome…

in Our kitchen…days off…lunch

One of the glorious perks to freelance film life is having a booked gig and getting those wonderfully well deserved days off. Matt and I are currently working on season 2 of a tv comedy episodic show, called Swedish Dicks premiering August 2nd on Pop TV (see the trailer for it here). Having shot season…

Celebratory Saturday

MATT TYPE SOMETHING PROFOUND IN THIS BLOG POST PLEASE (my brain is fried)!!!! CHEERS, NAT …And with that, I will begin. Teamwork. One of us picks the other up when they are down or tired or hungry or miserable or just brain-fried. Brain-fried, as Natalie exclaims above, is a frequent problem for the two of…

When NOTHING goes RIGHT

UGGGGGHHHHHH (insert expletives x1000) and that is my mood for this wonderful Sunday. I think all females can relate to me here when I say being on your period makes you feel more like a raging, emotional crazed person. Something has come into your body taken you hostage and is holding your hormones for ransom….

Welcome! Elbows on Tables is the brain child of a newly minted couple, Matt + Nat, navigating our way through a relationship and our passion for cooking and working in film. We met on set and quickly bonded over delicious cups of pour over coffee and feel in love while sharing our individual passion for food…