Punteha was editor of Real Homes before joining Homes & Gardens. She has written and edited cooking, wellbeing, lifestyle, and consumer articles for the national press for 18 years, working across print and digital newspapers and magazines. She’s a Sunday Times bestselling author, former BBC Good Food columnist, and founding editor of Lacuna Voices. Punteha loves cooking, especially her family's Persian recipes, and has vetted and reviewed home appliances, including Crock-Pot slow cookers, Ninja air fryers, the latest eufy and Switchbot robot vacuums and eufy and Ring video doorbells. Punteha is disabled and in chronic pain, so adaptively-paced tasks that make her household run smoothly are her focus. She's currently testing and loving a set of heirloom pans from Our Place.