NEW YORK - Martha Stewart is cooking up a culinary master class for public television.

The TV host, author and media mogul announced Thursday that she'll launch a new PBS series this fall called "Martha Stewart's Cooking School."

Each weekly half-hour will feature Stewart in the kitchen demonstrating classic cooking techniques. She says she will illustrate the building blocks of recipes, from roasting to poaching to braising.

The series, inspired by Stewart's best-selling book of the same name, will air on PBS stations across the nation.

Stewart's daily talk show, which aired in syndication before moving to cable's Hallmark Channel two years ago, is ending this summer.