Yes to the food interest. I even show her a cup of tea if I walk past - it's just easier in the long run. I hold out and say 'It's tea. You don't like tea' and she Does A Face that indicates that tea is indeed, awful. Ditto salt and vinegar crisps, pickles, chocolate and almost anything else.
Obviously, ham and commands close observation and is not offered for inspection. I have become hardened by many years of dogs that are adept at 'puppy eyes' and she knows full well I'll have saved a few bits away in the kitchen that she will get when I'm finished.
Being The God of Ham is my attempt to hang on to the last tattered shreds of my dignity.