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 ...

A holiday ham, made at home, is within reach. You just need a bit of time, some wood smoke and a shoulder ham or pork loin. By Steven Raichlen A homemade ham represents a formidable culinary challenge ...

Salt-cured meat is luxurious: ruby, silky protein, bursting with flavor. It is the perfect thing to feed people around the holidays, because most of the work will have been done a week or two before ...