The phrase "and talked in a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a manner of speaking or the context in which a conversation takes place.
Example: "They sat by the fire and talked in a soft, soothing tone."
Alternatives: "and conversed in a" or "and spoke in a".
But my friend and his parents ate and talked in a light, relaxed way, with an inflection that was largely modulated by all the food in their mouths.
He kept his back straight in his chair, and talked in a manner that was easy, engaging, and accessible, but nevertheless formal.
After that concert, an audience member named Kevin Rogers wrote in a widely circulated Facebook post that Mr. Morgan said "gay was something kids learn from the media and programming" and if his son were gay and talked in a high-pitched voice, "he would pull out a knife and stab" him to death.
There was a sister, Matilda, called Till, who worked in a doctor's office; a tall, gaunt, rabbinical-looking older brother, Dan, who was a graduate student in the speech department at the university and talked in a slow, careful voice; and a little brother, Jess, who played the violin.
In Julie Salamon's outstanding 2011 biography "Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein," Meryl Streep — whose name is more or less synonymous with authenticity of interpretation — mentions her occasional uneasiness at the way Wasserstein (who died, of lymphoma, in 2006), as Salamon writes, "deferred in conversation to men and talked in a baby voice".
Clerks read newspapers and talked in a listless hum, offering solutions to the gas crisis while leaning across counters, bright shirts labeled Clearance, whispered when I walked through them, the jewelry bins shined in late afternoon sun, calling there is still time to buy something that will change your life.
As we sat and talked in an air-conditioned salon, functionaries drifted through.
By this time, four years ago, John McCain and Barack Obama had sat down and talked in an office building in Chicago, and released a joint statement about working together.
Over the next few hours, the show's principals wander in and talk in a circumspect way about filming.
Never mind that it is not an enforceable document demanding students think and talk in a certain way.
