While the school children and the first lady were busy growing vegetables on the South Lawn of the White House this summer, the bees were busy, too.

Michelle Obama had a large bee hive installed near the garden, and it produced plenty of honey.

Enough, in fact, that she was able to give each of the wives of the heads of state attending the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh a very attractive jar of "White House Honey."

And this week, at a Fiesta Latina concert at the White House, guest chef Maricel Presilla was asked to help tell the pan-Latin story through finger food.

Presilla, chef and co-owner of Zafra and Cucharamama, two restaurants in Hoboken, N.J., said every item on Tuesday evening's menu was chosen to showcase some aspect of Latin culture.

Presilla said she was happily surprised to find tomatillos growing in the White House kitchen garden, and the chef used them in a hot pepper sauce she added to the menu.

Presilla also harvested fennel and parsley from the first lady's garden and used honey from the White House beehives.

 “I felt like a farmer — a farmer at the White House,” Presilla said. “I don't feel like I'm at the seat of power. I feel like I'm in a great kitchen.”