Sautéed Baby Artichokes with Fried Jamón

This dish is inspired by a sun-drenched trip to Spain where Chad and I explored the Sherry Triangle with some dear friends for two weeks. It remains one of my favorite vacations ever. A day trip took us to the sweeping town of Ronda and to a delicious lunch of baby artichokes and fried jamón, which I downed with many glasses of fino—a trio of my very favorite things. Baby artichokes are hard to find on the East Coast (they are also much less fussy to prep, which is always a