A homemade ham represents a formidable culinary challenge. You might start with a pig’s hind leg, which tips the scale at 15 to 20 pounds. You would cure it in a brine that contains at least one ...

As with any roast, cooking a ham can be a process. Depending on how you do it, you run the risk of the meat drying out, or ...

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.

While ham is packed with protein and flavor, experts warn that its high sodium and nitrate content may pose serious health ...