Spiceteria A spice-filled community for working moms
By Sanaya Attari
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Darlene Hill, NBC4 anchor
Photos Courtesy of Kimberly Minor
reating a strong, vibrant and engaging community of women supporting one another is the vision that propelled Kimberly Minor to create Spiceteria. “I wanted to focus this group on women in their 40s and 50s who are either looking for a little more spice in their lives or who want to find that cohort and camaraderie of sisterhood to help them in a stage of transition,” Minor says. Feeling overwhelmed as a working mom, Minor began writing as a way to decompress. She started Spiceteria as a blog in 2009, which quickly turned into a shared space where women discussed the recipes of their lives through flavorful stories and experiences, all while feeling the warmth, laughter and support they needed to bring out their best selves. “I wanted to write about balancing my work life with looking after my kids in a way that stood out, so I started replacing
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