Eric Ripert | Charlie Rose

Well, we went to Italy, and, uh, uh, we were in Tuscany, and it was beautiful, and it's part of their culture.

You know, and, and where I grew up in France also, the, the hunting season, it's something very important.

It's something that brings people together.

It's a big celebration.

In some small villages, it's on, it's a party on Sunday, where everybody gather around-

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... what has been, uh, hunt.

Uh, and, and the wild boar is not an animal that is endangered.

Actually, it's, it's almost too many in, in Chianti where we shot.

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Um, and it's a ritual, and it's a...

And I know we kill an animal.

Uh, however, you know, we, we are omnivores.

We, we can't be, uh, uh, vegan or vegetarian, most of us.

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Uh, and, uh, the way they do it, it's a, it's a ritual.

It's very respectful of the life of the animal.

The way they cook it, the way they prepare it is a tradition.

I wanted to, first of all, have the adrenaline of being in the woods, uh, and, and trying to s- to...

I, I, I was not shooting.

I, I, I don't kill animals.

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I'm hypocrite about that.

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