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Karen Nutting's avatar

Hiro the hunk rides again! I deteste banana bread but with blueberries it looks almost inviting. Looking forward to your future posts with Hiro.

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Mark Thomas's avatar

Thanks Karen 😄 My partner is the same with banana bread - but did like this one! Definitely worth trying. But can agree that some of them are *very* banana-ry.

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Andrea Norrington's avatar

Great intro and can't wait to see how your Substack journey evolves

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Mark Thomas's avatar

Morning Andrea - happy Sunday! Excited to have you along :)

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Brianna Plaza's avatar

mostly here for the dog! but also welcome to food substack!

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Jo Thompson's avatar

Any account that posts a dog - im there!

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Mark Thomas's avatar

Thank you, Brianna! Loving the community here already. Hiro is more than happy to take center stage whenever he can - so he’ll be featuring quite a lot, no doubt.

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Helinka's avatar

My neighbor had never eaten banana blueberry bread and now it is his request for our gatherings. Keep baking!

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Mark Thomas's avatar

The power of a blueberry banana bread! 💪

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Jo Thompson's avatar

This is brilliant, Mark!

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Mark Thomas's avatar

Thanks Jo 🙂 Your note helped a lot!

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jackycooksherbooks's avatar

Wishing you good times on your journey of discovery in the kitchen! I’ve always relied on books to inspire and instruct me so I’m curious to see what helps you best …,

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Mark Thomas's avatar

Thanks Jacky 😊 I’m hoping a good mix of all learning sources might help! But I think you’re right about books being the best place for inspiration. I’ve already bought a few…

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jackycooksherbooks's avatar

Beware! A few can easily turn into a serious habit 🤣😂

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Mark Diacono's avatar

Really looking forward to this Mark, Good luck

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Mark Thomas's avatar

Thanks Mark! It’s quite literally a whole new world for me to discover and share!

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Alex Keerie's avatar

Love the intro Ben and looking forward to you sharing your journey. I've had lots of stops and starts so I share your pain. Looking forward to your recipe database and how you are going to create that.

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Mark Thomas's avatar

Thanks Alex! Really appreciate it and glad you understand the pain 😅 I’m thinking of live building the database so I might share more about that on Sunday.

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LisaG's avatar

OK, I have to ask about Hiro’s name. Are you a Snow Crash / Neal Stephenson fan? In that book, the main character is named Hiro Protagonist 🤣

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Mark Thomas's avatar

I haven’t read Snow Crash, but having a quick look I’m definitely adding it to my read list! For the story, but also for the awesome name of the ‘Protagonist’ 😉

I’ve loved a lot of characters called Hiro and with the meaning being ‘abundance’, it just fit the moment we saw him 😊

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Giulia Scarpaleggia's avatar

It will be so fun to follow your journey!

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Mark Thomas's avatar

Thanks Giulia! *So* glad to have you with me on it 😊

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