Food and Beverages

Sonny Corinthos surprises Carly Spencer with a pizza date (2014)

"Traditional" Quartermaine family Thanksgiving with pizza (2017)

Damian Spinelli with orange soda (2007)

Charlotte Cassadine enjoys sugary cereal (2021)

Leo Quartermaine makes the "Sicilian Thunderbolt" (2022)

Heather Webber is threatening even with her BLT (2022)

Martin Grey lights a hummingbird cake (2022)

Dex Heller made Sonny chicken piccata from Gloria Cerullo's recipe (2023)

Ava Jerome loves martinis (2023)

Mason Gatlin likes his lollipops (2023)

Leo likes Sasha's cooking better (2024)

There have been many notable kinds of food and beverages on GH over the years.

Examples on General Hospital

Food

• Amatriciana Sauce - a favorite of Valentin Cassadine's to make and serve with pasta and chianti.
• Avocado Toast - Popular item on the Charlie's Pub menu.
• BBQ Chips - Spinelli's favorite snack, which he pairs with orange soda.
• BLTs - In 2014 Shawn Butler changed the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich recipe at Kelly's. Heather Webber became obsessed with the sandwich as it reminds her of the ones her father used to make her as a child. She created a whole sandwich series of paintings.
• Breakfast Burrito with Chorizo Sauce - One of Stella Henry's favorite dishes at the Port Charles Surf Lodge.
• Burgers - Popular dish served at Kelly's and Charlie's Pub.
• Chicken Florentine - popular Italian chicken dish, Harrison Chase makes it for Brook Lynn Quartermaine in honor of their planned honeymoon to Florence, Italy.
• Chicken Piccata - popular Italian chicken dish, one of many recipes of Gloria Cerullo's kept at Pozzulo's.
• Chicken Tetrazzini Casserole - chicken and noodles dish that Sasha Corbin makes for her Quartermaine chef "tryout"
• Chili - A meal made famous by Ruby Anderson at Kelly's.
• Chipped Beef on Toast - Scott Baldwin's favorite meal at Kelly's, typically an English dish.
• Coq Au Vin - A French dish of chicken braised with red wine, lardons, mushrooms, and often garlic - made by Valentin for a home dinner date with Anna.
• Corn - Popular outfit for Josslyn Jacks when she was younger and obsessed with Children of the Corn.
• Dim Sum - Specialty of the Asian Quarter's Tea House in the 1980s.
• Filet Mignon - Specialty of the Metro Court Restaurant.
• Flapjacks - One of Stella Henry's favorite dishes at the Surf Lodge.
• Gâteau Salé - Challenge menu item from Tracy Quartermaine to new Quartermaine cook Sasha Corbin.
• Grilled Cheese - A favorite of Sam McCall.
• Gumbo - A typically-spicy Creole stew dish from New Orleans made of meat and seafood that Marshall Ashford likes to make.
• Home Fries - One of Stella Henry's favorite dishes at the Surf Lodge.
• Lasagna - Popular Italian layered pasta that Olivia likes to make.
• Manicotti - Another popular Italian dish that Olivia likes to make.
• Noodles - Sam McCall likes to order takeout from Noodle Buddha.
• Pasta Sauce - Sonny Corinthos is known for making great pasta sauce with his Italian cooking. In Nixon Falls, he gave jars of sauce as "Mike" to Trina Robinson and Nina Reeves.
• Pickle-Eddie - An inferior pickle relish developed by Tracy Quartermaine as unnecessary competition to her mother's recipe.
• Pickle-Lila - Pickle relish developed by Lila Quartermaine when the family was destitute and taken in at Kelly's. It's popularity reinvigorated their lost fortune.
• Pizza - The "traditional" Thanksgiving meal of the Quartermaines. They now have a pizza oven and Olivia fights with Cook III over it. Also, according to Carly, this is the only food she can make.
• Ribs - Popular meal at The Floating Rib.
• Shepherd's Pie - popular home-cooked dish Sasha makes that impresses Olivia; was a favorite of Sasha's late husband Brando Corbin.
• Southwestern Style Huevos Rancheros - Specialty of Felicia's from her Ramirez heritage since 1984.
• Sugary Cereal - Charlotte Cassadine is not allowed - but loves - sugary cereal, namely "Pirate's Crunch", while Harrison Chase eats "LaMelo's"
• Turkey & Swiss Sandwich - With Mayo on 1-side is Lulu Spencer's favorite.
• Zucchini Sticks - Specialty of the Metro Court Restaurant.

Dessert

• Beignets - One of Wiley Corinthos' new favorite foods, made by Sasha Corbin.
• Brownies - Favorites of Elizabeth Webber. One of the few foods Carly Spencer can make, which are favorites of Willow Tait.
• Cake - From Eckert's Bakery, considered to be the best in town.
• Cakepops - Enjoyed by Scout Quartermaine. Her brother Danny Morgan makes them poorly, Sasha helps remake them.
• Cannolis - popular Italian dessert that Olivia Quartermaine likes to make.
• Chocolate Volcano - A molten chocolate cake which was Oscar Nero-Quartermaine's favorite item at Charlie's Pub.
• Cinnamon rolls - Favorite pastry of Lucas Jones.
• Cookies - Eckert's Bakery is favored in town for its cookies. One of the few items both Carly and Josslyn Jacks can actually make.
• Cupcakes - Luzetta's Bakery is favored in town for its cupcakes. Aiden Webber enjoys baking cupcakes. Scout prefers cupcakes from Eckert's, where she specifically enjoys their frosting.
• Donuts - from Eckert's Bakery and well-liked in town.
• Gateaux Salé - a French cake Tracy Quartermaine enjoyed in Europe, which Sasha makes to impress her.
• Gummies - When Lucy Coe is stressed, she likes to eat gummies.
• Hummingbird Cake - A banana-pineapple spice cake originating in Jamaica and popular in the South. It's a particular favorite of Florence Grey that her son Martin often brings for her.
• Ice cream - A favorite treat of Elizabeth Webber, her ex-husband Ric Lansing takes her on a date for this after returning to town
• Jelly Beans - Robert Scorpio secretly replaces a valuable jeweled necklace with the candy, when his con-artist in-law Alistair Durban attempted to steal it.
• Lollipops - Enjoyed by Cody Bell and Lulu Spencer - Cody prefers watermelon, while Lulu likes grape - it's a classic. The villainous Mason Gatlin prefers them, and is often seen sucking on them.
• Orange Lollipops - Spencer Cassadine's favorite childhood candy, with orange as his favorite flavor.
• Sweet Potato Pie - Dessert at Kelly's, Willow develops a taste for it while pregnant.
• Tic Tacs - Luke Spencer gave one to a sick child on the Markham Islands as a placebo, and it worked - but he brought the Encephalitis Virus back to PC with him.

Beverages

• Coffee - Corinthos Coffee is the "front" used for the Corinthos mob family - that actually imports coffee as a successful and legitimate business through Perks Coffee. Carly Spencer claims only Sonny Corinthos can make a proper cup of coffee. Sam McCall says she needs one cup a day to turn her engine over.
• Cola Crisp - Popular soda brand
• Grog - Spiked punch in red solo cups served at college parties
• Hot chocolate - Specialty of Kelly's, favorite of Elizabeth Webber.
• Mocktails - Specialties of both the Metro Court Pool juice bar and The Savoy nightclub.
• Orange Soda - Spinelli's favorite drink, which he pairs with BBQ chips.
• Sicilian Thunderbolt - A "love potion" that's used to spike the intendeds drink. A Falconeri family recipe from Palermo.
• Smoothies - Anna Devane and Emma Drake enjoy smoothies, with pomegranate mango being Anna's favorite flavor.
• Specialty Coffee - Med cold-brew with a splash of almond milk and no sugar is Emma Drake's order of choice.
• Tea - Drink most likely to be poisoned. Was served specifically at the Tea House in the Asian Quarter in the 80s.

Alcohol

• Beer - A popular drink at bars. Jason and Carly share a 6-pack of bottled Tire Track beer on the bridge.
• "Brooklyn Chaser" - specialty drink created for Harrison Chase and Brook Lynn Quartermaine's wedding, served at The Savoy and their reception at the Metro Court Gardens.
• Bourbon - Hamilton Finn was given Tire Track Bourbon from the Cerullos, which he drank when he broke his sobriety.
• Continental Sour - drink favored by Anna Devane and Henry Dalton
• The Felicia Flip - drink invented by an amnesiac Felicia Cummings while working as a bartender at The Outback.
• Green Dragon - A green cocktail popular in China, it is an acquired taste due to its herbal liqueur. Brad Cooper describes it to Britt Westbourne, after his aunt Selina Wu recommends it.
• Manhattan - Molly Lansing-Davis' drink of choice.
• Martinis - Ava Jerome's drink of choice.
• Scotch - John Cates drink of choice.
• Tequila - Cody Bell and Michael Corinthos' drink of choice.
• Vodka - Alexis Davis' drink of choice when she became an alcoholic. Also preferred by Sasha Corbin at bars.
• Whiskey - A popular drink.
• Wine - Causes drinking problems for various characters.