French Potato Salad with Dijon Mustard and Fines Herbes

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2002, America's Test Kitchen TV

Does your French potato salad recipe yield mangled bits of potatoes that taste dull and underseasoned? We set out in search of something better.

SERVES6 as a side dish

TIME45 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a French potato salad recipe that would be pleasing not only to the eye but to the palate. The potatoes would have to be tender but not mushy, and the flavor of the vinaigrette would have to penetrate the relatively bland potatoes...

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