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People seem to eat well in the wizarding world. At the Burrow, Molly Weasley serves delicious meals using a mixture of magic and cooking skill. The house-elves at Hogwarts cook a wide variety of dishes and bake delicious cakes, pies, and eclairs. There is some magic involved, certainly, but the food is not simply created out of nothing. Anything created in that way does not last, but disappears after an hour or two (SN). The food served at Hogwarts is grown locally (there are vegetable patches near the greenhouses (CS6) and Hagrid raises chickens (CS11)). The various dishes are prepared in the kitchens and magically transported up through the ceilings to the tables above. Normally, the food appears in serving dishes and the students help themselves. For the Yule Ball, however, each person selected a dish from a menu, stated their choice, and it appeared directly on his or her plate (GF23).
There is some magic involved, however. Molly Weasley is seen pouring sauces out of her wand, for example (GF5). It is possible that while the main ingredients are not conjured, some of the sauces or other flavorings are. This would seem to be a great benefit for those watching their weight, since the heavy sauces would simply vanish after a while, giving all of the flavor but not the calories. But on the other hand, if that were true, why would Fleur complain so about how Hogwarts food would make her fat?
a plate of chicken and ham sandwiches that refills itself (CS5)
Harry, Ron, and Hermione visit the Hogwarts kitchens (GF21)
visit to Honeydukes (PA10)
wonderful meals with the Weasleys
breakfast after a midnight escape
(CS3) includes:
sausages
fried eggs
bread and butter
other food at the Burrow
bacon sandwiches (CS5)
marmalade (CS4)
porridge (CS4)
toast (CS4, GF
sandwiches made by Mrs. Weasley
for the trip on the Hogwarts Express, including corned beef, which Ron
doesn't like (PS6, PA
in the garden of the Burrow
(GF5)
boiled potatoes
chicken and ham pie
creamy sauce pouring out of her wand
salad
in the Leaky Cauldron (PA4)
Harry and Ron became friends over a pile of sweets from the tea trolley on the Hogwarts Express (PS6)
Leaky Cauldron (Diagon Alley)
Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor (Diagon Alley)
The Hog's Head (pub in Hogsmeade) (PS16, OP16)
tea trolley on the Hogwarts Express, pushed by a plump, dimpled witch (PS6, PA5, PA22)
bottle of some amber liquid which Hagrid carried in his overcoat pocket (PS4)
cherry syrup and soda with ice and an umbrella (Flitwick enjoys this) (PA10)
hot chocolate
and on the Knight Bus (PA3)
Dumbledore came down in the middle of the night for some, but found the Petrified Colin Creevey instead (CS10)
when Ginny Weasley was sent to the hospital wing after her ordeal in the Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore suggested that she be given a cup of hot chocolate (CS18)
eggnog (at Christmas) (CS12)
elderflower wine (served at the Weasleys') (GF5)
gillywater (McGonagall's drink) (PA10) (cf. gillyweed, GF26)
milk (at breakfast) (CS6)
mead, mulled (a favorite of Hagrid's) (PA10)
nettle tea (Gwenog dropped by Gertie Keddle's place (c. 1000s) for a cup of this) (QA3)
nettle wine (one of the potions in Snape's potion challenge) (PS16)
orange juice (at breakfast)
pumpkin juice (usually served iced, available on the Hogwarts Express and at Hogwarts (GF12, (GF31))
red currant rum (Cornelius Fudge's choice of drinks) (PA10)
sherry served at the Leaky Cauldron (PS5)
Single Malt Whisky - given to Madame Maxime's Abraxan winged horses (GF15)
tea (naturally)
Lupin makes tea with tea bags, for which he apologizes; he heats his kettle with a tap of his wand. (PS8)
Breakfast at Hogwarts
corn flakes
orange juice
rolls
sausages (PA6)
Main dishes at Hogwarts
bacon and steak (PS7)
beef casserole (GF13)
"some kind of strange blancmange" (during Beauxbatons visit) (GF16)
bouillabaisse (during Beauxbatons visit) (GF16)
Cornish pasties (GF31)
roast beef (PS7)
roast chicken (PS7)
sandwiches (chicken and ham, for Harry and Ron in CS5)
shepherd's pie (CS7)
sprouts (GF13)
steak (PS7)
steak and kidney pudding (GF16)
stew (GF23)
tripe (which McGonagall ironically offers Trelawney in PA11)
casserole
steak and kidney pie
fried sausages
Vegetables
carrots (PS7)
peas (PS7)
baked pumpkin (at Halloween)
boiled potatoes (PS7)
mashed potatoes (GF12)
roast potatoes
sprouts
fried tomatoes (PA6)
Condiments, sauces, etc.
Desserts, snacks, & sweets at Hogwarts
apple pies (PS7)
chocolate éclairs (PS7)
chocolate gateau (GF12)
custard tart
ice cream
jam doughnuts (PS7)
jelly (PS7)
marshmallows and crumpets (Harry and Ron roast them over the Common Room fire during the Christmas holidays) (PS12)
mint humbugs (PS7)
rice pudding (PS7)
strawberries (PS7)
treacle tart (PS7, GF12)
Christmas treats
chipolatas (PS12, PA11)
cranberry sauce (PS12)
eggnog (CS12)
turkey sandwiches (for tea)
thick rich gravy (PS12)
food at Nearly Headless Nick's Deathday Party (CS8)
rotten fish laid on handsome silver platters
cakes burned charcoal black
maggoty haggis
slab of cheese covered in green mold
enormous gray cake in the shape of a tombstone, tar-like icing
peanuts covered in fungus
cauliflower
chicken and ham pie
Christmas cake
home made fudge
home baked mince pies
nut brittle
boiled potatoes
salad
Sauce Béchamel
homemade strawberry ice cream
JKR on Hagrid's cooking (CR):
Q. Is Hagrid EVER going to get cooking lessons?
A. Hee hee hee no, Hagrid LIKES what he cooks he can't see any room for improvement. He likes stoat sandwiches, bless him.
Bath buns
alleged beef casserole (containing a large talon) (GF16)
stoat sandwiches
food among the items in the pockets of Hagrid's black overcoat (PS4)
amber liquid, bottle of some
a birthday cake with green icing saying "Happy Birthday Harry"
peppermint humbugs
sausages, squashy package of
tea things
growing in the vegetable patches:
cabbages
pumpkins
