U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds up a pair of Idaho potatoes as a gift for Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, standing right, at the start of their meeting at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Paris, France, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Kerry is in Paris on a two-day meeting on Syria to rally international support for ending the three-year civil war in Syria. For some watchers of international diplomacy, the somber road to Syrian peace was overrun Monday by potatoes and furry pink hats. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)