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  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    This was exceptional!!! Puppy walks you through general bartending/mixology skills and tools and then helps you step by step in making 3 signature cocktails full of local and personal flavors. A real genuine experience.
    Carrie, hosted by Alicia (Puppy) in Nassau BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    Thank you for a wonderful cookery lesson, lunch and tour today. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and are looking forward to the left overs tonight!...
    kimgunn, hosted by Margherita in Bologna BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 8, 2025

    What a fantastic experience...The time went by fast...I highly recommend it. Thank you! Maria for treating myself, my husband, and my son as family from Michigan.
    Cherie M, hosted by Maria in Florence BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Viviana is one of the most hospitable and interesting people I have ever met. A wealth of knowledge on Puerto Rico, food, and life. The highlight of this trip.
    RingsBee, hosted by Viviana Acosta in San Juan BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    This was a very enjoyable and informative experience. Emika was very patient and kind...This was a wonderful experience and well worth the time and cost.
    Art_K, hosted by Emika in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Our experience with Midori was wonderful! She's super sweet and we loved being in a local home enjoying delicious Japanese food!...
    Relax03, hosted by Midori in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 5, 2025

    We spent a lovely afternoon... learning more about daily Venetian life, and venturing beyond the typical tourist areas...With lots of laughter, conversation, and a delicious lunch, our afternoon with Laura was a highlight of our trip.
    Alexandra, hosted by Laura in Venice BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    This was exceptional!!! Puppy walks you through general bartending/mixology skills and tools and then helps you step by step in making 3 signature cocktails full of local and personal flavors. A real genuine experience.
    Carrie, hosted by Alicia (Puppy) in Nassau BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    Thank you for a wonderful cookery lesson, lunch and tour today. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and are looking forward to the left overs tonight!...
    kimgunn, hosted by Margherita in Bologna BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 8, 2025

    What a fantastic experience...The time went by fast...I highly recommend it. Thank you! Maria for treating myself, my husband, and my son as family from Michigan.
    Cherie M, hosted by Maria in Florence BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Viviana is one of the most hospitable and interesting people I have ever met. A wealth of knowledge on Puerto Rico, food, and life. The highlight of this trip.
    RingsBee, hosted by Viviana Acosta in San Juan BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    This was a very enjoyable and informative experience. Emika was very patient and kind...This was a wonderful experience and well worth the time and cost.
    Art_K, hosted by Emika in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Our experience with Midori was wonderful! She's super sweet and we loved being in a local home enjoying delicious Japanese food!...
    Relax03, hosted by Midori in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 5, 2025

    We spent a lovely afternoon... learning more about daily Venetian life, and venturing beyond the typical tourist areas...With lots of laughter, conversation, and a delicious lunch, our afternoon with Laura was a highlight of our trip.
    Alexandra, hosted by Laura in Venice BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    This was exceptional!!! Puppy walks you through general bartending/mixology skills and tools and then helps you step by step in making 3 signature cocktails full of local and personal flavors. A real genuine experience.
    Carrie, hosted by Alicia (Puppy) in Nassau BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    Thank you for a wonderful cookery lesson, lunch and tour today. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and are looking forward to the left overs tonight!...
    kimgunn, hosted by Margherita in Bologna BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 8, 2025

    What a fantastic experience...The time went by fast...I highly recommend it. Thank you! Maria for treating myself, my husband, and my son as family from Michigan.
    Cherie M, hosted by Maria in Florence BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Viviana is one of the most hospitable and interesting people I have ever met. A wealth of knowledge on Puerto Rico, food, and life. The highlight of this trip.
    RingsBee, hosted by Viviana Acosta in San Juan BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    This was a very enjoyable and informative experience. Emika was very patient and kind...This was a wonderful experience and well worth the time and cost.
    Art_K, hosted by Emika in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Our experience with Midori was wonderful! She's super sweet and we loved being in a local home enjoying delicious Japanese food!...
    Relax03, hosted by Midori in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 5, 2025

    We spent a lovely afternoon... learning more about daily Venetian life, and venturing beyond the typical tourist areas...With lots of laughter, conversation, and a delicious lunch, our afternoon with Laura was a highlight of our trip.
    Alexandra, hosted by Laura in Venice BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    This was exceptional!!! Puppy walks you through general bartending/mixology skills and tools and then helps you step by step in making 3 signature cocktails full of local and personal flavors. A real genuine experience.
    Carrie, hosted by Alicia (Puppy) in Nassau BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    Thank you for a wonderful cookery lesson, lunch and tour today. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and are looking forward to the left overs tonight!...
    kimgunn, hosted by Margherita in Bologna BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 8, 2025

    What a fantastic experience...The time went by fast...I highly recommend it. Thank you! Maria for treating myself, my husband, and my son as family from Michigan.
    Cherie M, hosted by Maria in Florence BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Viviana is one of the most hospitable and interesting people I have ever met. A wealth of knowledge on Puerto Rico, food, and life. The highlight of this trip.
    RingsBee, hosted by Viviana Acosta in San Juan BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    This was a very enjoyable and informative experience. Emika was very patient and kind...This was a wonderful experience and well worth the time and cost.
    Art_K, hosted by Emika in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Our experience with Midori was wonderful! She's super sweet and we loved being in a local home enjoying delicious Japanese food!...
    Relax03, hosted by Midori in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 5, 2025

    We spent a lovely afternoon... learning more about daily Venetian life, and venturing beyond the typical tourist areas...With lots of laughter, conversation, and a delicious lunch, our afternoon with Laura was a highlight of our trip.
    Alexandra, hosted by Laura in Venice BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    This was exceptional!!! Puppy walks you through general bartending/mixology skills and tools and then helps you step by step in making 3 signature cocktails full of local and personal flavors. A real genuine experience.
    Carrie, hosted by Alicia (Puppy) in Nassau BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 9, 2025

    Thank you for a wonderful cookery lesson, lunch and tour today. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and are looking forward to the left overs tonight!...
    kimgunn, hosted by Margherita in Bologna BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 8, 2025

    What a fantastic experience...The time went by fast...I highly recommend it. Thank you! Maria for treating myself, my husband, and my son as family from Michigan.
    Cherie M, hosted by Maria in Florence BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Viviana is one of the most hospitable and interesting people I have ever met. A wealth of knowledge on Puerto Rico, food, and life. The highlight of this trip.
    RingsBee, hosted by Viviana Acosta in San Juan BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    This was a very enjoyable and informative experience. Emika was very patient and kind...This was a wonderful experience and well worth the time and cost.
    Art_K, hosted by Emika in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 6, 2025

    Our experience with Midori was wonderful! She's super sweet and we loved being in a local home enjoying delicious Japanese food!...
    Relax03, hosted by Midori in Kyoto BOOK NOW
  • Traveler Review from April 5, 2025

    We spent a lovely afternoon... learning more about daily Venetian life, and venturing beyond the typical tourist areas...With lots of laughter, conversation, and a delicious lunch, our afternoon with Laura was a highlight of our trip.
    Alexandra, hosted by Laura in Venice BOOK NOW
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We find the best home cooks around the world so you can immerse yourself in meaningful food experiences and cultural traditions passed down through generations. Connect with local culture through food. Visit a grandmother in her kitchen in India and learn how to make crisp dosas or spend time on a farm in Northern Thailand and grind curry pastes, and experience how local people live.

Choose from three unique experiences with our hosts, or pick a combination:

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In-home Meals
1 ½ - 2 hrs

Experience the joy of a homemade meal (and eat it the way the locals do) over conversation about food and culture

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Cooking Experiences
3 - 4 hrs

Discover cultural and culinary traditions passed down through generations as you learn to cook with your host in their kitchen

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Market visits
1 - 2 hrs

Explore a nearby market with your host, discovering the best local produce and its producers

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