yesterday, chef ripert showed no mercy on the mountain. today, conditions are more to my liking. a small wager might have been made. loser might have to eat at johnny rockets today. it is on. ready? yeah. one, two. three. the title for your biography, for your biopic. 32 yolks, the revenge, or whatever we're calling it. 64 yolks. or for a few yolks more. that'll be the sequel. a fistful of yolks. okay, that's what we'll call it. you have to change it to a more manly title. but it's 32 yolks. >> okay, now it's becoming your book. you're changing. you. >> welcome to hollywood, my friend. the creamery, a special place at the bottom of the mountain. croute with morel and cream. lots of cream. i didn't expect that. that's really good. yeah, i'm eating bread and mushrooms. great cheese. there's no meat in this. no, it's not meat. i'm, like, practically like gandhi at this point. >> i'm not drastic. i'm not saying don't eat meat. become a vegan. i'm saying let's eat less meat. >> you just think it's better for the planet. >> it's good for the planet. it's good for our body. it's good fo

torturing my friend eric ripert. i don't know why. maybe it's because he's so nice. you high man, you look high. i am, but i like it. yeah, you can pretty much tear his toenails out, and he'd still find something nice to say about you. he's so polite. yet if you look closely and i do, his discomfort can be exquisite. >> he's the devil. >> look at it. i took a walk through this beautiful world. >> felt the cool rain on my shoulder. >> found something good in this beautiful world. >> i felt the. and colder sha la la la la. sha la la la la la. sha la la la la. sha la la la la la la. >> it's the spicy sensualist heartland. of all the things i love about china. the collision between very, very old and very new. an exploding middle class. a lot of history and food that can burn you down to a charred, smoking little stump. sichuan province, located in the southwest of china, over a thousand miles from beijing, a region so fertile and lush that it's been referred to as china's breadbasket. and its capital, chengdu, despite its ever growing skyline, it hasn't lost its deep cu

eric ripert is the chef of the three star le bernardin in new york, the chevalier of france. i think that means he's some kind of knight or something. and my friend, this causes him some problems. he, i like to remind him, has a reputation to protect. i do not welcome to marseille. yeah. you've never been here? never. how is this even possible? you grew up. how far from here? >> like 50 miles? 100 miles? >> 100. >> you grow up 100 miles from here. what prevented you from coming to this clearly beautiful city? because it's clearly beautiful. >> it's a fantastic city. i mean, it's beautiful. i agree with you. but it has the reputation of being a dangerous city. >> you live in new york. i should point out that every single frenchman who have said, you know, i'm shooting in france and they say, oh, really? where? and i say, marseille. their face drops immediately. >> they're like, oh, wait, why is that? because they think it's ugly. >> do you know what they say? they say, this is not france. >> with a z like that, this is not france. la la la la la la la la la. >> merci beaucoup.