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!

Recent Posts by Tiffany Griffin

Saffron-Almond Dream-sicles

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This is my last pop post of the summer folks and it is absolutely amazing! It’s a take on the more traditional ‘cream-sicle,’ but much more grown up! Made elegant with the almonds and fragrant with the saffron, this is one of the best pops I’ve made all summer. I’m 
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Mushroom Chorizo Hand Pies

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There’s nothing I love more than food I can eat with my hands, hence these hand pies :D. They were the perfect snack while my friends and I waited for the food on the grill to be finished. Super simple (especially if you use store bought dough) and super flavorful 
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Spicy Peach-Corn Salsa

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This salsa came as an aside to the Chili Parm Grilled Corn I posted the other day. It was two days later, I had two more ears of corn and viola!, with a few other ingredients in the fridge, a salsa was born! I tend to be a traditionalist when 
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Cocomo Joe: A Review

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A month or so ago I was contacted by Cocomo Joe, a newly launched food company asking me to try their new products. Well, I neeeever say no to “an amazing line of organic, vegan, and paleo products!” A week or so later I received my box of goodies and 
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Lemon Herbed Cherry Berry Pops

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Hola everyone! Here’s a recipe for more pops!!! 😀 I originally wanted these to be red, white, and blue pops–cherry for the red, lemonade for the white, and blueberries for the blue. But… the cherries ended up kinda purple/maroon-ish and the blueberries look just like the cherries, so I renamed 
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