For a few days, I feared the worst: a Christmas without Ibérico ham. In the run up to the holiday, Spain, my country of birth, announced the first swine fever outbreak in more than 30 years. Within hours, the UK, where I live, responded with a blanket ban on all Spanish pork meat imports. Christmas isn’t Christmas for a Spanish family without a leg of jamon — think Thanksgiving without turkey. No bueno. Fortunately, I dodged the bullet: The Spain-UK restrictions have been relaxed. But many other
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My Christmas Iberico Ham Scare Is an Omen
