The European Union has given Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb "Protected Designation of Origin" status — a fancy-sounding legal term to distinguish certain produce from that of growers elsewhere in the E.U. It's the latest addition to a growing list of food and drinks with one type of protected status or another. Here's a look at 10 treats with very particular pedigrees
A worker checks the room where Parma hams are hung to dry in Langhirano, Italy
Salted and cured in the hills surrounding Parma, the best hams take anywhere from eight months to two years to transform from the hind leg of a pig into the rosy, paper-thin, melt-in-your-mouth delicacy.
