Reporting from Jabugo, Andalusia, Spain — Walking into the central plaza of the small town of Jabugo, you breathe in the aroma of ibérico ham, a sweet-nutty smell so intense it’s as if it emanates ...

JABUGO, ANDALUSIA, SPAIN — Walking into the central plaza of the small town of Jabugo, you breathe in the aroma of iberico ham, a sweet-nutty smell so intense it’s as if it emanates from the very ...

I’m standing eye to eye with a pig in the rugged woodlands of southwest Spain ready to see exactly how the sausage—or Iberian ham, in this case—is made. As you may well know, it’s easy to pig out in ...

ARACENA, Spain — “How do you like the ham?” asked Manolo Romero de la Ossa, the owner of Casas, a popular restaurant here in Andalusia. All week long around the village of Jabugo, my wife and I had ...

An exceptional ham, among the very best Jabugo PDO ham is an Iberian ham whose production dates back to 1888. Protected under Spanish law since 2014, it adheres to strict quality standards. It comes ...