Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma

Puneeta is the founder of the popular food and culture blog Maple and Marigold. She believes sustainability is far easier than we have been led to believe, and that eating good food can (and must!) be uncomplicated and accessible. Puneeta lives in Toronto with her husband, two kids, and their cat, Seven.

Puneeta is a regular contributor to Breakfast Television, CP24 and CHCH Morning Live. You can also find her on CTV's The Social, CBC Radio, BBC World News, in The Globe and Mail and National Post, Elle Gourmet, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, on KCRW’s Good Food Radio and more.

Puneeta's available to speak, conduct media interviews and host corporate and community workshops to help people learn how to lead a healthy, beautiful and climate-conscious life. Drop her a note at puneeta@mapleandmarigold.com

PUNEETA'S NEW BOOK

Good Food, Healthy Planet (GFHP) is a how-to guide to help people make low-waste, climate-conscious yet delicious choices in the kitchen and at home. It helps to expand on the notion of 'good food' to one that includes people and planet. With 250+ pages, 81 recipes, a framework that Puneeta cheekily named “Eating with Benefits,” along with a robust list of citations at the back, this book has been referred to as “category-expanding” and "a comforting yet inspiring read." GFHP offers a new way to understand what we eat and how to cook it all with ease. You can read some of the testimonials from readers here and here.

Maple and Marigold started back in 2016 as a love letter. Maple represents Canada, and Marigold refers to her roots in India. You can often find Puneeta at her local coffee shop. She’s easy to spot; her laptop has a big sticker on it that says, “There is no Planet B.”