Alan Chazaro

California

Food Writer and Reporter at KQED Arts and Culture

Books: Piñata Theory; This Isn't a Frank Ocean Cover Album / prev @KQED / words @gqmagazine @npr @guardian @slamonline / professor sometimes, Maceo’s dad

Featured in: Favicon

kqed.org

medium.com (+1) Favicon

latimes.com Favicon

sfgate.com Favicon

yahoo.com (+3) Favicon

gq.com

sfchronicle.com (+1) Favicon

fansided.com Favicon

gq.com.mx

eater.com + 92 more

Articles

Eat Drink Local: Mountain View

1 week ago | ediblesiliconvalley.ediblecommunities.com | Alan Chazaro

ILLUSTRATION BY NINA KULICKGOOSEBERRY DESIGNSBefore becoming the avatar of modern day Silicon Valley (a term coined in 1971 by journalist Don Hoefler to highlight the region’s booming semiconductor and microchip industry), Mountain View belonged to another famous valley: the Valley of the Heart’s Delight. For decades, the region boasted one of the largest cornucopias of fruit orchards in the nation.
Mexican baseball celebrates 100th season with special all-star game

1 week ago | mexiconewsdaily.com | Alan Chazaro

There aren’t many sporting experiences that rival a summertime ballgame at the park. That’s certainly true in the United States — but it’s also evident in Mexico, where the sport has been a fan favorite since it arrived, likely during the Mexican-American War, with many citing the exact year as 1847.
A real San Franciscan tells the city like it is in 'What'chu Mixed With?'

2 weeks ago | 48hills.org | Alan Chazaro

When it comes to films made in San Francisco, there are no shortage of classics: Vertigo, Escape from Alcatraz, Mrs. Doubtfire, Bullitt, Dirty Harry—and the list goes on indefinitely. In many of those films, the city itself becomes a main character: its famously steep inclines, the sweeping waterfront views, Victorian homes romantically huddled along the hills, and of course, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.
11 Ideas for Trips With Dad, From Ghost Hunting in Louisiana to a Wildlife Excursion in South Africa

3 weeks ago | cntraveler.com | Alan Chazaro

All products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Although writer Tom Lamont once accurately described parenting as a “chore-pocalypse”—a cold war of instilling responsibility and expectations on your progeny, before an inevitable meltdown or disappointment ensues—there are countless perks to being a dad. The world opens.
11 Memorable Trips for Dads and Their Kids

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Alan Chazaro

Grandma Takes It Into Her Hands To Repress Bubbly And Squeaky 3YO’s Voice, Mom Absolutely Loses ItGrandparents often have their grandkids’ backs whenever there is a conflict with their parents. The bond between them is usually so strong because …
Bay Area minor league baseball reminds us what we're rooting for

1 month ago | 48hills.org | Alan Chazaro

Unless you’re a diehard baseballer, you’ve likely never been to a Stockton Ports game. Chances are, you’ve never even heard of the team. The Ports are a Single-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, who drew national ire for their painfully out-of-touch 2024 decision to ditch The Town for Las Vegas, by way of Sacramento. Ever since the A’s announced their departure, the Ports have seen an increase in fans, many of whom were once loyal to the green and gold.
Ride of the Valkyries: how the WNBA finally found a home in the Bay Area

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Alan Chazaro

Purple-dyed ponytails and sequin jackets glittering in shades of black and violet. Fans are decked out in sports logos and LGBTQ rainbows while Black Box’s Everybody Everybody – a queer dance club classic – booms from the speakers. Ali Wong is playfully dancing on the Jumbotron. There’s no misinterpreting it: the WNBA has arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area.
This growing Mexico City food trend has deep roots in California

1 month ago | sfgate.com | Alan Chazaro

A few years ago, if you asked anyone in Mexico City where to find a “smash burger,” they would’ve looked at you like an out-of-place time traveler. Though the concept isn’t novel to California eaters, it has recently exploded in popularity throughout Mexico’s capital. With its thinly pressed, juicy-crisp patties and loads of sauce, California smash burgers are the latest American food trend in the metropolis already known for its gastronomic wonders.
The unbelievable origins of Mexican baseball

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Alan Chazaro

Sports historians have long contested baseball’s alleged U.S. origins, suggesting it instead began in the United Kingdom as a sport known as rounders . For three years in the early 20th century, a commission of baseball executives and president of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs deliberated the issue of the game’s beginnings. To further complicate matters, Canadians claim to have recorded the — one year before the sport supposedly debuted in Cooperstown.
The unbelievable origins of Mexican baseball

1 month ago | mexiconewsdaily.com | Alan Chazaro

Here’s a curveball: baseball, which is said to have been born in 1839 in the pastures of Cooperstown, New York — a humble farm town in the Yankee state — isn’t as strictly American as it’s made out to be.