Fusion

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Across
  1. 2. Local San Diego bookstore who shared book recs with us!
  2. 4. Originally started as "Hapa Mag" in 2017, it is an organization that serves to amplify the voices of mixed Asian/Pacific Islander heritage
  3. 6. Cowboy ____, one of Shinchiro Watanabe's cult classics
  4. 7. A symbol of peace in Chinese painting
  5. 10. It is the water that connects me there, to ______ in the Northern Marianas.
  6. 11. Where animation auteur Watanabe "listened to jazz into the wee hours of the morning"
  7. 12. Popular fusion sushi roll, which includes avocado, crab, and nori on the inside rather than the outside
  8. 14. Your purpose is not perfection—it’s ______.
Down
  1. 1. Staff writer Fei Chan's favorite childhood dish, a Vietnamese stir-fried pasta
  2. 3. Local San Diego fusion restaurant featuring Chef Tara Monsod
  3. 5. Cover artist
  4. 6. California Quail and Poppies is artist Judy Hsia's take on this genre of traditional Chinese painting
  5. 8. Colloquial blend of Chinese and English
  6. 9. Tea writer Stephanie Tsai Karlik used in her rice krispies
  7. 13. I come from the Place of the ____, Where mangroves meet brackish water