About: Tiffany Griffin

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!

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“Cream” of Roasted Broccoli Soup

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Although the weather is all over the place this winter (literally, we’ve had 40 degree temperature swings in 24 hours!)… I’m still craving soup. Almost constantly. Enter this “cream” of roasted broccoli soup recipe. What I absolutely adore about this recipe is that it uses frozen broccoli, a staple I 
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Basic Cooking Class #1: Grains! (Rice and Quinoa)

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Today, I’m here to share our first Como Water Basic Cooking Class video!!!! Actually, there are two videos this month: one on making the best brown rice you’ve ever tasted and one on making flavor packed quinoa. Because of their versatility, simplicity, and ability to fill me up, both rice 
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The Year of Mindfulness

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Each Monday, Tiffany will send an e-mail message that provides positive energy and tangible tips for eating more mindfully. The purpose of the weekly message is to reinforce the ideas from the talks and classes that are a part of the Como Water Membership, and to further support those trying 
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Smoked Maple Kale Salad

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Today’s post is dedicated to Sapore (pronounced like amore! with a ‘s’ of course), that delectable vinegar and olive oil store I fell in love with in the Eastern Market area of DC. It was about a year ago, one of those unseasonably warm DC winter days, and I was 
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Shorts VIDEO #1: Homemade Vegetable Broth

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HAPPY NEW YEAR Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After a pretty tumultuous 2013, I am excited for 2014 and all the changes the year has in store–personally and of course with respect to Como Water! And speaking of changes, without further ado, I offer you Como Water’s FIRST “Shorts” Video! In this video, you’ll 
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