Web Video / Cooking with the Sophisticates

A rocker and a dreamer after an adequately-made meal

Cooking with the Sophisticates was a short-lived Web Original Cooking Show from 2013. The show starred Tyson Ritter and his wife (then-fiancée) Elena Satine, with the occasional appearance of their dog Mischka. Each video was based off of a different theme after the first episode.

• Sink-o de Mayo: Based off of Cinco de Mayo, if the pun is any indication.
• Summer Snacks: Making a treat for the summer.
• MIDNIGHT MUNCHIES: Making a meal at midnight. 3:00 a.m., actually, but ignore that.
• Food of the World: Cooking up a dish from Russia, where Elena spent part of her childhood in.

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• Alliterative Title: The alternate name of the show: Couples Cooking.
• The Cameo: Their dog Mischka occasionally appeared in the show.
  • In Summer Snacks, Johnny Depp actually called Tyson to compliment him.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: Tyson.
• Exact Words: From Episode 1:
  Tyson: And that's how couples cook a gorgonzola cheese steak salad.
  Elena: Cheesesteak? There's no cheesesteak!
  Tyson: Gorgonzola cheese *Beat* steak salad.
  Elena: ALMOST steak salad.
• Precision F-Strike: In the first episode, Tyson showed that he is not the best at following steak etiquette.
  Tyson: So all my steak etiquette from before, not cutting it, letting it rest. *Beat* Well, that all went out the fucking window.
• Hollywood Cuisine: Sink-o de Mayo and Food of the World for Mexican and Russian cuisine, respectively.
• Oh, Crap!: Tyson utters this in Summer Snacks after forgetting to put blueberries in the ice-cream mixture. He ends up turning it into a vanilla ice-cream with blueberries on top.
• Pungeon Master: Tyson, especially in the first episode with his little "misteak".
• Shout-Out: In the first episode, Tyson requests Elena to say "Bam!" like Emeril.