So warm up that kitchen with a simmering pot of classic beef stew... Says the girl who, up until about a year ago, didn't eat beef.  Occasionally I'd eat pork, rarely chicken, always bacon (does that count?).  Then something clicked.  Perhaps it was having a very persuasive man sitting across from me at a restaurant table holding up a fork with a hopeful glimmer in his eye.  "Don't you want to try some?  It's DELICIOUS!" (more…)