New York: Indian-American television host and author Padma Lakshmi is facing backlash online after asserting that “apple pie is not genuinely American.”
In a discussion with The New York Times, Lakshmi stated that both the components and customs associated with the iconic dessert originate from various regions around the globe.
“Apple pie isn’t American: not the crust, not the filling, not the spices,” she remarked to the publication while advertising her upcoming CBS cooking program, set to premiere before Thanksgiving.
‘Not one ingredient in apple pie is indigenous to North America,’ says Padma Lakshmi.
This is not the first occasion on which Lakshmi has asserted that apple pie is not American. In a 2020 interview with Variety, she presented the same viewpoint.
“We throw around a lot of platitudes like, ‘nothing’s as American as apple pie.’ Well, apple pie is not American,” she stated to Variety. “Not one ingredient in apple pie is indigenous to North America. Not even the apple! So what are we talking about here?”
