Be sure to buy good-quality dried porcini mushrooms (with large white cross sections). Cheaper ones are dark and shriveled and have an overly pungent aroma, which will give the stew an off taste.
I'd smile at rum. Coy... but not really coy. I'd say hello to vodka. I'd wave, and smile with teeth. I'd totally make out with gin... tonic and lime everywhere. But bourbon. I'd marry bourbon......
