A great ham takes time, says Chapel Hill, N.C., chef Andrea Reusing, in Cooking in the Moment (Clarkson Potter). One of my favorite ways to prepare a fresh ham is to cure it in a brine before roasting ...

1. Whisk together the salt, pepper, brown sugar, garlic powder and ginger in a small bowl. 2. Score any fat on the ham with cross strokes. Coat the ham on all sides with seasoning mixture and rub it ...

When I think of spring menus, I instantly think of asparagus and the fresh ham that my grandmother made every Easter. The pork was studded with cloves and slathered with brown sugar and mustard before ...

Fresh ham is the cut of pork that ordinarily is cured or smoked and sold as ham. Note that the ham needs to marinate for 2 days before you cook it, so plan accordingly. Serve with fresh plum sauce. We ...

Norman Van Aken, the Miami chef and restaurateur, will spend Easter weekend in Key West this year with family, he said, in the town where his career began. On the menu: “Ham for a horde.” “It’s an old ...

When I think of spring menus, I instantly think of asparagus and the fresh ham that my grandmother made every Easter. The pork was studded with cloves and slathered with brown sugar and mustard before ...

Fresh ham? We always had ham and I assumed it was fresh. My dad went on to explain the process of curing a ham and the difference between that and fresh. I guess he thought I wasn’t getting it, so he ...

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. 2. With a small sharp knife, prick the ham skin all over, make 4 parallel 1/2-inch-deep incisions through the skin the entire length of the ham, and rub the ham lightly ...

At Christmas, folks tend to be either prime rib people or ham people. Yes, there are those who trot out turkey redux or hoist a leg of lamb or, dear heaven, try their hand at a goose, but in ...