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Simple, delicious, and sometimes decadent… veg-centric cuisine.
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!
My last post was all about embracing the unknown. I must have subconsciously been summoning this message again today because this morning when I went to start this post, for some strange reason, I opened youtube instead. I had remembered a video my friend sent me on detachment. While watching Read more
In my last post, I talked about my rationale for doing a juice cleanse. I explained… I had some tough decisions to make. I needed clarity and so like any Buddha-wanna-be-veg-centric-foodie, I started with my diet. Well, I am happy to report that I received the clarity I was looking Read more
This recipe was born as I tried to think of accompaniments for my brunch cooking class last month. I thought to myself, who doesn’t love pancakes? And so, I worked to create a fluffy vegan version that would make mouths water. Did I succeed? Ah, heck to the yeah! These Read more
Last week, I embarked on my first juice cleanse. Before I delve into why, let me throw out a few caveats for the hardcore purists out there. I’m calling it a juice cleanse because I drank mostly juice. I did however, have a smoothie, homemade vegetable broth, and the occasional Read more
So, today is the last day of my juice cleanse. Ay vey! I can’t believe it’s been five days! I’ll tell you all about it on Sunday. In the meantime, let me tell you about these croquettes. These croquettes came about one day when I wanted some protein, but didn’t Read more