take a bow, “queen of potato salad”!

No, it’s not me. Neither is it my friend, Becky, who first introduced me to this ridiculously amazing potato salad at a recent tailgate party. It’s Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa herself, who is responsible for another culinary equivalent of a highly addictive, illegal substance (I’m trying to refrain from using the street name since I label way too many food items “like crack, only good for you”).

To say my child and husband are obsessed with Ina’s Old Fashioned Potato Salad is a bit of an understatement. First of all, Tate bugged me NON-STOP all week to make it. He even gave up a bit of his precious weekend XBox time to accompany me to the Farmer’s Market yesterday morning.

Last night, he and Paul could not keep their forks out of the large bowl I had made. And I had already served up skinny French fries (!!!) to soak up the juices from our grilled red snapper and heirloom tomato salad dinner. Paul doubling down on a starch should have clued me in. But it wasn’t until he had a serving FOR BREAKFAST that my suspicions were confirmed. Despite a mild complaint about the amount of dill I put in (I love dill), he cannot stay away from it. Forget about “marriage chicken” or other commitment dish you may have heard about, get your guy or girl by making the world’s best potato salad!

Ina has many versions to choose from but I recommend her Old Fashioned Potato Salad. You may find it online here:

http://www.food.com/recipe/ina-gartens-old-fashioned-salad-365727