DanielK
Sep 10 2007, 09:07 AM
QUOTE(cleveland park @ Sep 10 2007, 09:33 AM)
The jamon serrano will never be good, b/c its not iberico, which is a variety of jamon serrano that comes from Extremadura that the FDA will not allow into the US, therefore what you get isn't as good as the prosciutto you can get here.
Didn't Jose Andres figure out how to jump this hurdle last year? I believe that he is currently importing Iberico...
cleveland park
Sep 10 2007, 09:09 AM
yea he did for a while. But if you notice their menu now, they pulled off all the iberico products and if you go to latienda.com they can't sell them anymore. I have no idea what happened but they are back to being ilegal
The Hersch
Sep 10 2007, 09:50 AM
QUOTE(cleveland park @ Sep 10 2007, 10:09 AM)
yea he did for a while. But if you notice their menu now, they pulled off all the iberico products and if you go to latienda.com they can't sell them anymore. I have no idea what happened but they are back to being ilegal
La Tienda is apparently accepting deposits for future delivery of jamon iberico. See here:
La Tienda (scroll down to the bottom).
cleveland park
Sep 10 2007, 10:03 AM
yea they are, but they keep pushing back on the date of entry for the hams. Orginally set for fall 2007, then pushed into 2008 and now that everyone has pulled the chorizo, lomo and jamon off their inventories I wouldnt bet on a date
Anna Blume
Sep 10 2007, 06:17 PM
I'm not sure if imprecise information is worth reading, but this weekend I was standing in front of the olive oils at Whole Foods having one of those discussions about what one buys after reading The New Yorker.
A tall man with dark greying hair joined in the conversation. Perhaps someone here can fill in the details about the name of the company mentioned (or the veracity of the rumor I'm starting), but it's something to the effect of Roger Imports and involves Italian food. Either he's simply broadly aware of the general, local picture, or also an importer of Spanish products.* At any rate, he said Iberico should be available here very soon, but first through José Andres and then a limited number of places including Cowgirl Creamery.
*No, Al Dente, not Art Vanderlay.