Obama loves his pie

US presidential candidate Barack Obama proved that despite the gravity of the ecomonic crisis, food is still the way to American voters' hearts.

In a recent speech in West Philadelpia he mentioned pie not once, not twice, but 15 times to raucous cheers from the audience each time he uttered the word.

Sweet potato pie was the favourite with 13 mentions, followed by quickie nods to lemon meringue and coconut cream pie.

And we wonder why Americans have an obesity problem! Doh.