buying jamon iberico

Many of our customers ask us during our food tours if we can give them some recommendations for the best places to buy one of Spain’s best-known culinary treasures: the jamon iberico. You can find jamon iberico in endless specialized gourmet shops all around Barcelona, in supermarkets as well as at the famous old food…

The Spanish tradition of producing Jamon Iberico traces back more than two thousand years when the Romans controlled most of Spain. But until the 13th century Jamon was exclusively served to the royalty. Nowadays, Spaniards eat on average up to 7 pounds of cured ham per year. Due to the importance of this delicacy in…