Ashok Selvam is the James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and has been with ...

Mahfuza Ahmed’s spice collection was the tipping point in deciding whether she and her husband, Mehran, would move from the Back Bay. “He purchased the apartment next to his a few years back with ...