It turns out that slicing ham isn’t just a skill, it’s a profession. What, you’ve never heard of the famous jamon slicers of Spain? Either way, for anyone interested in correctly slicing a full leg of ...

Expensive ham doesn't get more expensive than genuine Iberico ham. A leg of Iberico ham can cost as much as $1,500 a pop, is aged for three years and is the product of exclusively acorn-fed pigs.

Spanish jamón is a type of ham in the way that champagne is a type of fizzy drink. Sure, it is a leg of pork. But it is wildly different from a typical American supermarket ham in nearly every other ...

Ibérico ham, the latest obsession of the food world, is the well-aged product of cosseted Spanish pigs, at its best hand-sliced, arranged on a plate, and eaten plain with the fingers, preferably while ...

In a country where ham is king, Spain’s jamón ibérico reigns supreme. Though other dry-cured Spanish hams abound, the pricey, rosy-hued, and deeply flavored Ibérico ham comes from a unique source: ...