Washington, Nov. 8 : US President Barack Obama met shared a green salad, halibut and pear tart for dessert with several journalists at lunch on Friday at the White House.

The attendees for Friday’s lunch were as follows: CNN''s David Gergen, Washington Post''s Chris Cillizza, Newsweek''s Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution''s Cynthia Tucker, POLITICO''s Mike Allen, NPR/ Fox''s Mara Liasson, Talking Points Memo''s Josh Marshall and New York Times trio David Brooks, Andy Rosenthal, and Gail Collins.

Also on hand were administration officials: David Axelrod, Anita Dunn, Bill Burton, and Robert Gibbs.

The off-the-record lunch lasted about two hours, reports Politico.

Obama''s had had several meetings with columnists, editors and reporters since shortly before inauguration. (ANI)