BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — What recipes are people looking up for Thanksgiving in Louisiana? People have started researching Thanksgiving-related topics, such as easy recipes to bring, what restaurants are open and Thanksgiving menu ideas. According to Google Trends, there has been a surge of interest in comfort food and hearty dishes over the past week in Baton Rouge. Popular searches include cornbread dressing recipes, corn casserole recipes and green bean casserole recipes. Cranberry sauce recipe was a popular search in New Orleans, Shreveport and Alexandria. There was also a rising interest in turkey brine recipes for smoking, turkey gravy recipes and smoked turkey recipes. Additionally, ham glaze ranked as one of the top searches in the area for the last seven days. Where can I eat? Baton Rouge restaurants open on Thanksgiving have turkey, ham, more What are the most searched desserts, dishes in Louisiana this year? In Louisiana, pecan pie was searched more than sweet potato pie and candied yams. Gumbo was searched more than stuffing, deviled eggs and mashed potatoes, and interest in dressing is growing as we near Thanksgiving. Across the US, searches for sides, classic dinner options and items that are healthy or can be made ahead continued to climb. Dump cake, coffee cake, cheesecake and pies were among the rising search terms for Thanksgiving dessert ideas. Thanksgiving 2024: Where in Baton Rouge to get turkey, ham, sides and sweets in catering, to-go meals Latest News Whisker Wednesday: Meet Fiona, a cat up for adoption in Baton Rouge Thanksgiving 2024: What recipes are Louisiana cooks looking for? Ham, turkey top list A California woman was called into work on her day off. She left a lottery winner DA Tony Clayton named new chair of Southern University Board of Supervisors Spotify Wrapped is approaching. What will yours show?