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• n  Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin

• Usually made from little more than dull layers of bread, cheese and eggs, in Lukins' hands the dish became a bold delicacy with prosciutto, arugula and pesto.
• From a local Italian butcher, Carpenter learned how to make prosciutto, using meat from a pig she raised to 300 pounds.
• She would choose sliced San Dianiele prosciutto with ripe black figs, linguini with white clam sauce, Grama Padano (a hard aged Italian cheese), and juicy peaches.

News & Articles

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• Rush Hour Gourmet
  In this updated bacon-dressed spinach salad, the bacon is replaced with a leaner, lighter, sweeter cured-pork product: prosciutto from Parma.
  June 13, 2013 - Philly.com
• Dancing Creek Winery
  Pinot Noir 2009—A Wine to Dance To At the Pinot Paradise event back in March, I tasted some very good Pinots from the Santa Cruz Mountains, and Dancing Creek Winery’s 2009 Pinot ($27) was one of them. This plummy dark brew, made from grapes grown in Corralitos, has delicious flavors of pomegranate, prosciutto, dried cherries, and mint julep.
  June 12, 2013 - Good Times
• Free Press Test Kitchen recipe: Gemelli Pasta with Asparagus and Prosciutto
  This pasta dish gets a salty topping of crispy prosciutto and can be prepared in less than 30 minutes.
  June 11, 2013 - Detroit Free Press

Quotes

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• Jose Carreras in Washington Post
  I remember that last time I was visiting him in his town in Modena, at his home, he was preparing some special bread and tomato for me together with prosciutto. He was entertaining also in the gastronomic aspect that he liked very much,...
• Silvio Berlusconi in Global
  Oysters are an aphrodisiac and this dish is a great way to start the evening. I think that the Fig and Prosciutto Flatbread is a fun dish to make together. Pizza is very interactive and this recipe puts an upscale twist on a traditional... Todd English http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_English&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHUSyZZTO0MvAnjRWUq6aV8khJ0Gg SYS-CON Media http://www.google.com/url?q=http://au.sys-con.com/node/798708&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH6grL-AK9DGsurJitG66uiQTGi7Q Jan 6, 2009 78267 105257 prosciutto Berlusconi adds: Parma is synonymous with good cuisine. The Finns don't even know what prosciutto is."