Social media sensation and comfort food innovator Remi Idowu, also known as @foodbyremi, has just received a lovely shout-out from The Herald in their 2025 cookbook spotlight:

“While most cook­books have a small dessert sec­tion towards the end, Sugar and Spice cel­eb­rates the sweet and savoury in equal meas­ures.”

Read the full article here.

Irresistible comfort food for every craving

In her debut cookbook, Remi Idowu delivers flavour-packed sweet and savoury recipes to refresh your dull dinner cycle. Level up the dishes you crave with simple tricks and hero ingredients for maximum joy and minimum effort.

Get stuck in to Classics with a Twist for irresistible go-to dinners, Remi’s Childhood Comforts for her best Ghanaian and Nigerian flavours, Friday Night Cravings for fakeaways you actually want to eat, A Little Something Sweet for simple small-batch delights and Desserts to Impress for reliable crowd-pleasers.

Sugar & Spice is packed with recipes that you will make again and again, with easy to follow methods and simple hacks:

Italian Sausage Lasagna
Gochujang Chicken Kyiv
Mum’s Best Jollof Rice
Mango Habanero Chicken Wings
Brown Butter Banana Bread
Cookies and Cream Brownies
Almond Croissant Cookies and more!

Sugar & Spice is out now now! Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or bookshop.org.

Follow Remi on TikTok @foodbyremi and Instagram @foodbyremi.