Social media sensation and comfort food innovator Remi Idowu‘s debut cookbook, Sugar & Spice, has been spotlighted by iconic food journalist Gilly Smith in her Substack.

Smith, recalling her time at the Ebury’s supper club for five of the imprint’s rising stars in 2025, spoke glowingly about Remi’s ‘fakeaways’ and ‘Friday night cravings’ recipes, describing them as aesthetic and ‘Tiktokable’. Read Smith’s words for yourself 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 available for pre-order now! Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or bookshop.org.