When Heather at BenBella Vegan asked if I'd like to kick off the book tour for their new title Dining at the Ravens , I agreed immediately. I already had an advance copy of the book and was more than a little bit enamored with the recipes. Full disclosure: I am not a vegan. But I am in my 40s and - if you're not there yet, lucky you! - I'm finding that I have to be much more aware of what I'm eating in this decade. So, my husband and I are consciously eating more plants, fewer sweets, more lean proteins, and fewer grains. But no food is completely off limits. I don't do well with moratoria , so we're judicious with our portions and purposeful in our menu choices. And our two sons are hearing - probably more than they would like to hear - about why we're choosing the foods that we're choosing. "I'm not forty," the 12-year-old whines. "Why do I have to eat more plants?" Because, you live with us and you don't buy y...