Emalia

Emalia is the friendship pairing between Emily Fields and Talia Sandoval.

Series
Fresh Meat
 * -|Season 5=

Walking into The Brew, Emily finds Ezra sampling some food. When Ezra notices her, he tells Emily that he wants her to meet Talia. Talia tells Emily that it’s nice to meet her, but giving a wary look, Emily asks what’s going on. Ezra explains that he asked Talia to help out tonight in the kitchen, and when Emily says the she doesn’t understand, Ezra pulls her aside, leaving Talia to pack away the food she bought Ezra to try.

Entering the kitchen, Emily finds Talia sniffing at something in a glass bowl. Talia asks Emily what it is, and Emily tells her that it’s filling, “for empanadas”. Taking the bowl from her, Emily grabs some dough from the fridge, and when Talia tries to tell her that if they dough has been in the fridge all night she may…, but cutting her off, Emily tells her that if she wanted advice she would ask her mother, “we go way back”.

At The Brew’s relaunch party, looks over Spencer’s shoulder to Talia who holds out a tray of food, and has people from all directions taking pieces from it.

Talia walks into the kitchen as Emily is throwing out her disaster empanadas. Putting down her empty tray, Talia tells Emily not to do that, and that they can be saved. Emily bites at her, telling her that she’s not looking for a saviour. Talia tells Emily that if she told her how many times she bombed before she perfected even one signature dish, to which Emily says that she didn’t take this on to flaunt her brand, “I needed the cash to save a relationship”. Emily goes on to say that it doesn’t actually make sense because that relationship doesn’t exist anymore, “and now I’m stuck here making plans to go see someone who’s moved across the country, started a new life and can’t even find a second to return any of my stupid emails”. As Emily goes to throw away the empanadas again, Talia rushes over and asks if she can have the tray and as she plates up some of the empanadas, Talia tells Emily, “so the first kitchen that I ever worked in had a hard and fast rule. Just about any tapas can be rescued with either some slivered almonds or… the right sauce”. Offering up Emily the dish she just created, Talia tells Emily to “just try it”. Talia tells Emily that if she hates it, “you can spit it in my face”, before Emily reluctantly takes an empanada. Taking a bite, Emily finds that it’s actually pretty good and gives Talia a small smile.

Emily tells Ezra to hire Talia, and when Ezra questions her, Emily tells him that she’ll get over it, “besides, she can’t touch what I can do with a cappuccino”.