Swiss Restaurant Sells ‘John Kerry Mini-Pizza’ During Iranian Nuclear Talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits with others before a meeting with Britain, Russia, China, France, Germany, European Union and Iranian officials at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Monday... U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits with others before a meeting with Britain, Russia, China, France, Germany, European Union and Iranian officials at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Monday, March 30, 2015, during Iran nuclear talks. Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program are entering a critical phase with differences still remaining just two days before a deadline for the outline of an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) MORE LESS

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Whether or not Secretary of State John Kerry succeeds at nuclear talks in Lausanne with Iran, his name will live on in this lakeside Swiss city — as a pizza.

Garnished with chicken, bacon, onions and rocket salad, the “John Kerry mini-pizza” went on sale Monday at an eatery as part of a menu that includes a small salad and a desert. The price? 18 Swiss francs — just over $18.

Proprietor Francoise Tribolet says she thinks the offering will be popular, although it is too early to tell just a few hours after it went on sale. Asked why the name, she says “because he’s here.”

Tribolet says the pizza will join other — full-size — pizzas on the permanent menu named after President Barack Obama and other statesmen.

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  1. Give me a tricking break!!!

  2. I think it’s important to note the detail that “rocket salad” is arugula!

  3. Some times in a serious setting dealing with deadly serious issues, it’s refreshing to have a little fun with it.

    Note: I was not an enthusiastic supporter of Kerry in 2004, though I voted for him. Now I respect him more and more as time goes on. He is quite the statesman rising a level or two above the current swill of all things policy and politics.

  4. Ham and Old Cheese.

  5. Yeah, I know my first reaction was “WTF is ‘rocket salad’?”

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