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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!
In preparation for vegetable month, I decided to put my adventurous hat on and try a bunch of vegetables that either a) I’ve never had before, b) I’ve never cooked before, or c) both. Tatsoi falls into category C. And actually, I had never even heard of tatsoi (or seen Read more
The holidays are officially over and I am officially cleansing. This is not a ‘lose-weight’ cleanse. I actually don’t know how much I weigh and I don’t care as long as my clothes fit :). I’m cleansing because I indulged a weeeeeeee bit too much in December–more holiday parties than Read more
HAPPY New Year everyone! Last night, I rung in the new year meditating, practicing yoga with friends, and reflecting on 2011. It was the perfect way to end what was a great year for me–Como Water completely took off, I started a new job, and I moved to a new city. Read more
I’m keeping today’s post short and sweet… because I am gearing up for all of the super awesome changes I have in store for you starting the beginning of the year. Yes, that’s right, there are going to be some (really good!) changes, or more should I say additions in Read more
Hello Foodie Friends!!! For those of you who celebrate Christmas, I hope you had a great holiday. I am happy to report that my family made it to DC safely, the food turned out wonderful, and we had a really great visit. They are back in MA now, and I Read more