# Tie the recipe to a specific occasion

A food and nutrition format, measured November 8, 2026 by Volume. https://tryvolume.app/working/food-and-nutrition/tie-the-recipe-to-a-specific-occasion

Frame a dish or drink around a precise event or scenario, such as game day or a baby shower. It worked for 5 accounts, with a median of 4x their usual reach. Type: Angle. Seen as: Video.

## Why it works

A specific moment makes the recipe feel made for that viewer and easy to save for later.

## How to make it

1. Pick an event your audience will face
2. Put the occasion in the on-screen text
3. Match the audio or mood to it

## Hook formula

me the second [situation] / POV: you're having a [event] and need [item]

## Examples

- @createaplatewithdina (167K followers, TikTok video): 62x their usual views. Hook: “chicken pot pie, but make it thanksgiving” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@createaplatewithdina/video/7704422437445799182)
- @badbatchbaking (1.3M followers, Instagram video): 4.2x their usual views. Hook: “me the second my husband turns on football” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DeSFaTTh3qB/)
- @softbakedbae (10K followers, TikTok video): 6.0x their usual views. Hook: “POV: it’s november 1st 🤍🎄🍫” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@softbakedbae/video/7703365392395242766)
- @cookingkatielady (337K followers, Instagram video): 3.9x their usual likes. Hook: “the ONLY recipe I want to make on game day 🏈” [Original post](https://www.instagram.com/p/DeFhWxlSwFh/)
- @mocktailgirlie (595K followers, TikTok video): 3.1x their usual views. Hook: “POV: you’re having a fall baby shower and need the perfect mocktail to serve” [Original post](https://www.tiktok.com/@mocktailgirlie/video/7691776072328695053)

More food and nutrition formats: https://tryvolume.app/working/food-and-nutrition.md

## Get the full library

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Agents: add Volume's MCP server (https://app.tryvolume.app/api/mcp) and call `search_library(shelf: "formats", niche: "Food and nutrition")` for every format, `search_library(shelf: "posts", niche: "Food and nutrition")` for examples with transcripts and scripts.

## How this is measured

- Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
- TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
- A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
- Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.

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