Salade niçoise, thon frais

What in theory is an excellent, beautifully balanced summer dish has been popularized and you can now experience some almost inedible versions – served at all times of the year. You might look at its ingredients list and think it’s hard to go wrong, but believe me a bad Niçoise can be very, very bad. The ‘authentic’ ingredients are debateable – potato and tuna being the most contentious. Most Niçois would argue that the classic version doesn’t contain any tuna and indeed I’m choosing to ser