I'm Italian and Jewish so there are a TON of foods from my culture and childhood that evoke culinary memories that make me salivate. My husband is Irish, however, so I wanted to cater to his culture for once and make some beef stew. I used the most Irish of Irish ingredients - Guinness - to form the base of one of the best soups I've ever had (Husband said it's THEEEE best stew he's ever had - so there's that). I happened to make this with cheddar dumplings, but without them, this is a gluten-free dish and it's everything right about Irish food.
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