Best Served Hot: March 22–28, 2026

the shift to spring!

With Easter just around the corner, holiday planning and spring flavors are officially taking over the data. While chicken and dinner recipes continue to firmly hold the top spots overall, ingredients like carrots and ham are trending up this week, and salmon and eggs have made an appearance as brand new top ingredients. We’re continuing to see “Easter” actively climb the category ranks, and words like “delicious,” “grilled,” and “spicy” have debuted as brand new top adjectives.

Facebook saw another week of solid growth numbers. Miguel’s Cooking With Fire added another 44K followers, Panlasang Pinoy grew by 23K, and Joshua Weissman picked up 22K. The Belly Rules The Mind was once again the fastest-growing creator by percentage, jumping an impressive 6.9%, followed by Vincenzo’s Plate at 5.3% and Eden Eats at 4.7%.

Methodology: Top food blogs are defined as those running Raptive ads with 100K+ combined followers on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and Facebook. Lifestyle, cocktail-only, and aggregator sites are excluded. This week we’re tracking 974 sites.

Cover: International Waffle Day (March 25)