Photos by Michael Piazza
As in so many successful businesses, food or otherwise, the idea for Kay’s Curries grew from the goal of solving a real world problem. As a product manager building IoT platforms for healthcare connected devices, Kalpana (Kay) Kethineedi has a demanding career. Work intensified during the pandemic and she had even less time to cook healthy foods for her family. She began enthusiastically supporting local farms and their ecosystems where she noted the abundance of “just add water”–type foods on the shelves.