A White House Menu, Heavy on the Pies President Obama and his family will have a traditional Thanksgiving meal this holiday, enjoying a menu that will look familiar to many American families: Turkey, ham, stuffing and plenty on the side. What's remarkable is the dessert menu: the number of pies rivals the number of dishes in the dinner menu itself. There are the Thanksgiving favorites, pecan pie and pumpkin pie. Perhaps to indulge Michelle Obama, there are the ostensibly healthier peach, apple and sweet potato pies. Cream pies are represented by banana, coconut and chocolate. Huckleberry caps the nine-pie lineup. On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Obama and his family helped dish up out food at the Capital Area Food Bank in northeast Washington. As people passed the Obama family's station at the food bank warehouse, the president handed out small bags of onions, and Mrs. Obama gave out carrots. Their daughters, Sasha, 12, and Malia, 15, were responsible for the apples and M&M's (the latter in boxes bearing a presidential seal). Marian Robinson, Mrs. Obama's mother, gave out recipes for a sweet potato curry. Earlier in the day, during the traditional turkey pardoning, Mr. Obama said his family would bring "bring a couple less fortunate turkeys" to the food bank. It should be noted that the pardoned turkeys, Popcorn and Carmel, may only be slightly more fortunate than their brethren. The blog Obama Foodorama reported last week that seven of the eight birds that Mr. Obama has pardoned only lived for a few months after the ceremony, and just one lived to see another Thanksgiving. For those keeping track at home, here is the full White House Thanksgiving menu: Dinner Turkey Honey-baked ham Corn bread stuffing Oyster stuffing Greens Macaroni and cheese Sweet potatoes Mashed potatoes Green bean casserole Dinner rolls Dessert Huckleberry pie Pecan pie Chocolate cream pie Sweet potato pie Peach pie Apple pie Pumpkin pie Banana cream pie Coconut cream pie