Food brings this family together, but one particular recipe reminds them of home
<p>Food has been at the center of Teddy and Alexis Vejar’s lives since they were kids.</p><p>They remember walking around their neighborhood in Morelia, Michoacán, where people would open up their driveways or garages and serve dinner out of their homes.</p><p>When they moved to Chicago in the early 2000s, their dad — who they call “the original Mexican foodie” — still searched far and wide for the best food he could find.</p><p>“We would literally drive from Chicago all the way to Oaxaca, and my dad would say, ‘We’re going to try cabrito (suckling goat),’” Alexis Vejar said. “We would take detours for specific dishes.
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<p>Food has been at the center of Teddy and Alexis Vejar’s lives since they were kids.</p><p>They remember walking around their neighborhood in Morelia, Michoacán, where people would open up their driveways or garages and serve dinner out of their homes.</p><p>When they moved to Chicago in the early 2000s, their dad — who they call “the original Mexican foodie” — still searched far and wide for the best food he could find.</p><p>“We would literally drive from Chicago all the way to Oaxaca, and my dad would say, ‘We’re going to try cabrito (suckling goat),’” Alexis Vejar said. “We would take detours for specific dishes. We would go all the way to Veracruz just to try the pescado a la Veracruzana.”</p><p>Today, the brothers own Jarabe. The restaurant opened in 2015 and prides itself on authentic Mexican cuisine.
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- <p>Food has been at the center of Teddy and Alexis Vejar’s lives since they were kids.</p><p>They remember walking around their neighborhood in Morelia, Michoacán, where people would open up their driveways or garages and serve dinner out of their homes.</p><p>When they moved to Chicago in the early 2000s, their dad — who they call “the original Mexican foodie” — still searched far and wide for the best food he could find.</p><p>“We would literally drive from Chicago all the way to Oaxaca, and my dad would say, ‘We’re going to try cabrito (suckling goat),’” Alexis Vejar said. “We would take detours for specific dishes.
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