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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Food, Meat, the “North” and the “South”

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I just watched a documentary called “The End of Poverty” and in it economists and other smart people from around the world discussed the evolution of poverty as we know it today. They traced the roots of contemporary poverty to the advent of “private” property, to colonialism, to slavery, to 
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Cooking with the Teens at SEEDS!

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On a random morning of a random day, I was sent what was anything but a random email. It was a message from Santos asking for a volunteer to help cook with four teens in the DIG program at SEEDS (South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces)–a community garden in Durham, 
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Vegan Pesto

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I made this pesto right after working with the kids at a community garden in Durham. They gave me a bushel of basil. What do you do with a bushel of basil? You make pesto! To compensate for the cheese, I used a combination of raw cashews and nutritional yeast. 
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Roasted Potatoes

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Roasted Potatoes Ingredients: 5 Yukon Gold Potatoes cubed 6 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1-2 tablespoons roasted veggies spice rub (see below) For roasted veggies spice rub: *2o grinds fresh ground black pepper *1 tablespoon kosher salt *1 teaspoon chili powder *1 teaspoon tumeric *1/4 teaspoon dried thyme 
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Bahn Mi Thit Veggie Club

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This sandwich is inspired by the Vietnamese Bahn Mi Thit sandwich from one of my new favorite places in Durham. Makes four sandwiches. Soft rolls (I used Kaiser) 4 slices smoked provolone veggie cheese 4 slices veggie ham 8 slices veggie turkey 1/2 cup shredded carrots 4 large basil leaves 
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