So, if you like potato salad, you might agree with The Root that a novice in the kitchen won’t do the trick when it comes to making the best soul food potato salad recipe to please the masses.

Today, let’s pare it down to the basics and talk about how to make an easy, classic, all-American potato salad. Serve this just as it is or use the recipe as a jumping-off point for the potato ...

The potato salad at Ototo in Los Angeles, with soft eggs, pickled mustard greens and ikura.Credit...Wyatt Naoki Conlon For Haitian Americans like the chef Gregory Gourdet, 49, potato salad bears ...