Try coating your pot with olive oil first and if needed add a little more later to the stew; Olive oil has a higher tolerance to heating. You can also rub sprigs of chives into the metal; the oil in the chives are a treatment used on woks.
If there is a next time when your foods burning, when you are stirring if you notice A LOT OF STICKING to the bottom, dump what is not stuck into another pot or container; gently salvage what is stuck but not burnt and dump into the trash what is excessively brown/black. If you're food is burning you may be either trying to cook it too fast/too hot; or your pot is not conducting the heat well. I found that when I could afford them one at a time, buying the $60+ heavy pots improved my cooking, vs the $60 a set cookware.
Consider cooking stew 1 to 3 days before you want it. This gives the flavors a chance to meld. Also you can cook slowly because you won't be rushed to serve it that day.