Since its May debut, the show has been picked up in 92.05% of the country, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Denver, and Boston.
Chicago – Public television viewers nationwide are enthralled by the new Indian cooking show from bestselling cookbook author, culinary educator, entrepreneur, and former TV journalist Anupy Singla. The eight-episode show, Indian As Apple Pie, debuted on May 2, 2026, and has since been picked up by 92.05% of U.S. markets — a rare occurrence for season one of a show. It is presented by Chicago PBS station WTTW and distributed nationally by American Public Television (APT).
Blending tradition, practicality, and storytelling, Indian As Apple Pie brings Indian cooking into everyday American kitchens with approachable techniques, time-saving strategies, and deeply personal recipes rooted in family and heritage.
Across eight 30-minute episodes, Singla explores the techniques and traditions that make Indian cooking approachable for home cooks at every skill level — from building layered flavor with essential spices to mastering curry, iconic street food, dal, biryani, and more.
Singla also takes viewers outside her Chicago kitchen to the aisles of international grocers and into the kitchens of iconic Indian restaurants, offering an intimate look at the ingredients, techniques, and traditions behind the cuisine.
“This is the Indian cooking show that Americans deserve and need if they truly want to learn how to incorporate their love of Indian flavors into their weekly meal rotations,” said Singla. “Whether you’re new to Indian cooking or just never learned how to make your favorite recipe, it’s exciting to share the techniques honed over the last decade on a platform I have watched since I was a little girl — public television.”
Born in Chandigarh, Punjab (India), and raised in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Singla grew up straddling two cultures: spending her school years in suburban America while making annual trips to her father’s village of Bhikhi. It was there that she first learned to cook traditional Punjabi dishes alongside her grandfather, whose passion for food and heritage would later shape her culinary career. Anupy came to America with her parents when she was three years old and learned to speak English from Sesame Street on a little black-and-white television in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. She moved to Chicago in 1999 where she currently resides with her husband, two daughters, and a crazy Australian Shepherd named Oliver.
After leaving a successful career as a television journalist, Singla pursued her lifelong dream of writing an Indian cookbook. That quest eventually became the best-selling book, The Indian Slow Cooker, and evolved to three more books, including Vegan Indian Cooking, Indian for Everyone, and Instant Pot Indian. She has a nationally recognized blog and a selection of spices, sauces, lentils, and frozen entrees under the name brand, Indian As Apple Pie.
Indian As Apple Pie was filmed in Singla’s kitchen in Chicago. The series is produced by Mint Media Works LLC. in association with WTTW and APT. Episodes are also available via wttw.com, the PBS app, pbs.org, Create®TV, and others.
Funding for Indian As Apple Pie is provided by Leysin American School, BMO, Golden Country Oriental Food, and Al Sahara Rugs.
Anupy Singla is a best-selling cookbook author, entrepreneur, journalist, and founder of Indian As Apple Pie, a lifestyle brand dedicated to making Indian cooking approachable for home cooks everywhere. Through her recipes, classes, and products, Singla empowers audiences to cook Indian food with confidence using accessible ingredients and practical techniques. Connect with Anupy on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Mint Media Works LLC has produced documentary and television programs in more than 20 countries worldwide from Asia to Africa and throughout the United States. They are best known for producing Mexico: One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless over many seasons, earning four Daytime Emmy nominations including Outstanding Culinary Program.
WTTW is the PBS member station in Chicago, committed to creating and presenting unique media content across distinct television and digital channels – WTTW, WTTW Prime, WTTW Create, WTTW PBS Kids 24/7, wttw.com, and the PBS app. Recognized for award-winning journalism and local productions – such as Chicago Stories, Chicago Tonight, Firsthand, Touring Chicago’s Lakefront, and Chicago By ‘L’ – WTTW presents the very best in public affairs, arts and culture, nature and science, history and documentary, and children’s public media content. Connect with WTTW on Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
American Public Television (APT) is the leading syndicator of high-quality, top-rated programming to the nation’s public television stations. Founded in 1961, APT distributes 250 new program titles per year and more than one-third of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles in the U.S. APT’s diverse catalog includes prominent documentaries, performance, dramas, how-to programs, classic movies, children’s series and news and current affairs programs. Doc Martin, Midsomer Murders, America’s Test Kitchen, Rick Steves’ Europe, The Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross, My Life is Murder, Pati’s Mexican Table, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television, Legacy List with Matt Paxton, Table for All with Buki Elegbede, Lidia’s Kitchen, Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen, Lucky Chow, NHK Newsline, BBC News and Biz Kid$ are a sampling of APT’s programs, considered some of the most popular on public television. APT also licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service and distributes Create®TV – featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming – and WORLD™, public television’s premier news, science, and documentary channel. More information at APTonline.org.
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