Today is the publication date for content creator, recipe developer and cookbook author Remi Idowu‘s debut cookbook, Sugar & Spice!

As part of the book’s publicity tour, Remi appeared on BBC Radio Leeds and spoke to David Dixon, also known as Dixie, about her love of fusing and creating unconventional yet delicious food pairings, and the influence of her West African heritage on the book’s recipes.

Listen to Remi’s publication day interview with Dixie for yourself here.

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! Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or bookshop.org.

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