Source: live2eat Grand Blanc, MI Newspaper food writer/dining columnist for 22 yearsTRAVERSE CITY -- The ultimate Spanish ham comes from the prized Iberico pig. Only recently imported to America, it sells for $30 a pound. The best Italian proscuitto ham comes from Parma in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Likewise expensive.
Mangalitsa is an heirloom breed that provided pork to the Austria-Hungary monarchy (You've heard of the Hapsburgs) 150 years ago. (more)
