Salade Nicoise is made more elaborate, with potatoes, green beans, onions, tomatoes and black olives. Instead of tuna, it might have bacon, cold meat or no meat at all.

Potato salad might be a tradition at an American picnic, but it traveled the world to get here. There are German potato salads and French potato salads. And when we talked to four women from all over the globe, we found even more.

Taiwanese-style, with apple and ham. Peruvian, with layers of egg salad. Indian, with a punch of spices and yogurt.

We asked each to talk about how her country’s food shows up in America and how to make a potato salad that reflects her heritage.

That’s the real American way: We’re not a melting pot. We’re a salad.