Ham — a meat variety that is so commonplace, it's easy to forget the intricacy. Always sourced from a pig's hind leg, everything from prosciutto to speck and holiday ham falls under the umbrella.

(WKYT) - On Thanksgiving Day, many Kentucky families will gather around the dining table, and for some, the menu will include country-cured ham. This is the story of one Kentucky family that’s made ...

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Given the title of ‘World’s Best Bacon’ by Forbes Magazine and the Southern Foodway Alliance 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, Benton’s Country Hams and Bacon has been ...

I come from a ham town and everyone knows it. The mention of Smithfield conjures pork. But to most, it is factory farms, picket lines and Paula Deen, things associated with Virginia’s monolithic ...

In 1973, a retired dairy farmer in Tennessee leased out his smokehouse to Allan Benton, a young man interested in mastering the traditional Appalachian art of dry-curing ham. Word of Benton’s skills ...

July is only six months away, so area 4H students began work this weekend on their projects for the annual Jefferson City Jaycees Cole County Fair. This is actually the perfect time to start on ...

Prosciutto is plenty tasty, but the Italian cured ham can be pricey. For a less expensive alternative that still delivers ...

Nestled in the far south-east of Portugal, the village of Barrancos has been preserving a unique tradition of pig farming for ...