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President Obama wants to know, "Would you like sprinkles with that?"

On the Obamas' Hawaiian winter vacation, the president's motorcade took a detour past the Baskin-Robbins in Honolulu where a young Barack Obama held his first job. It's a job that has lessons for the aspiring politician, the Los Angeles Times reports.

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama may be doing their part to get Americans to eat healthy, but they -- like most of us -- still can't pass up a good piece of pie.

Bill Yosses, the pastry chef at the White House, makes pie-on-demand so good that the president has dubbed the chef the "Crustmaster."

"I'm the dark side," Yosses tells the Associated Press, invoking a "Star Wars" reference. "They love our pies."

But what's his pie secret? Find out after the jump.

Photo: John Paul Filo, CBS Broadcasting Inc./AP.

President Obama made his first appearance Monday night on the "Late Show with David Letterman" as President of the United States, but it was a potato that stole the show.

The commander-in-chief -- who made his sixth appearance on the talk show (his first as President) to discuss Afghanistan, the economy, unemployment and health care -- was upstaged by a heart-shaped potato, brought to the show's taping by Mary Apple of Independence, Mo.

"The main reason I'm here?" the President said. "I want to see that heart-shaped potato."

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week.

Memo to the First Lady: That's the nicest-looking gardening outfit we've ever seen! Take this quiz and find out how well you know what the Obamas are planting this year.

A pretty dang delicious-looking milk chocolate and peanut butter cookie recipe.

Edamame in linguine? They make it look tasty over at YumSugar.

A writer is entranced by the simple charms of homemade tortillas. Have you tried it? Take their poll.

McDonald's joins the upscale burger trend with one-third pound Angus patties, coming this August.

A familiar face from Chicago is joining the White House kitchen.

Chef Sam Kass, 28, who cooked for the Obamas and other families on the South Side of Chicago, has been named assistant White House chef -- one of three assistants under executive chef Cristeta Comerford.

The University of Chicago grad's pedigree with the sustainable food movement seems to be answering the call from chefs like Alice Waters, who wrote then President-elect Obama in November urging him "to set the tone for how the nation should feed itself."