Valentine's Day Special

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Across
  1. 3. Home of the sea salt dark chocolate covered almonds
  2. 8. Too sweet (hard)
Down
  1. 1. The month When Spring starts, where a new story was born
  2. 2. where nightly conversations start
  3. 3. Palimpsest dessert of caffeine flavor
  4. 4. where a love story began, in italian skies
  5. 5. Salad fit for an emperor
  6. 6. Dominican Sliced Cured mea
  7. 7. Mediterranean haven, home of the falafel wrap
  8. 9. Mashed plantain perfection in the morning