You eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.” He was right. To mistake cured Spanish jamón (pronounced “hahm-ohn”) with the packaged, sliced ham you find at your local supermarket would be ...

A ham in Spain is a completely different animal, from the free-roaming, acorn-scarfing pigs to the way you store, slice and eat it.

Portugal also produces it under the name presunto Ibérico. Spanish Iberian ham is protected by the EU's Protected Designation of Origin. The five Spanish provinces where it is produced are split ...