One of the questions that I get asked the most is not HOW to make a basic vinaigrette, but WHY anyone in the world would go through “all of the trouble” of making their own vinaigrette. After all, that place we all know as the supermarket has so many pre-made vinaigrettes and salad dressings, you could probably choose a different one everyday for a year and still not get through them all. Well, in this video short, I give 4 key reasons to make your own vinaigrette, which all boil down to one theme–control. Then I show you that making your own vinaigrette is actually no trouble at all, and can be done in less time than it takes to pick one from the dressing aisle in the grocery store! And after you watch the video, take a look at the Como Water Flavored Olive Oils and Vinegars cheat sheet, which summarizes all of the points from the video and suggests other creative uses for flavored oils and vinegars. Enjoy!
Tiffany M. Griffin is the woman behind Como Water, Washington DC’s premiere veg-centric cuisine consulting company. Through cooking classes, demonstrations, catering, and consultations, Como Water gives people the opportunity to learn how to prepare veg-centric cuisine that boasts maximum flavor, with minimal effort.
Tiffany is quickly becoming a go-to expert on the future of veg-centric cuisine, and is a regular contributor to Como Water, the blog, as well as to vegetarian and vegan sites across the Internet. For over a decade, this self-taught, entrepreneurial expert has developed a set of tried and true techniques for making simple, delicious, and sometimes decadent veg-centric dishes.
Featured on the Steve Harvey Show and other leading media outlets, Tiffany was born and raised in Springfield, MA. She then earned Bachelors degrees in Psychology and Communications from Boston College and a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan. She now resides in Washington DC, where she has worked in the US Senate and at a federal agency on issues around health, food, nutrition, and international food aid/development, and of course, as the owner of Como Water. Tiffany gets culinary inspiration from the food she grew up eating, and from her travels throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. She is dedicated to sharing her wealth of knowledge on veg-centric cuisine with others and to help others live by her mantra—love life, live long, and eat veg-centric cuisine!
