My friend had visited Italy and did a..whats called ..be my guest ...which is a dinner with an actual family ....do you know if there is anything like this other than with that particular tour group..that I could do?
I found this a while back, but I have not yet tried it http://www.homefood.it/
Samantha Brown did something like that in (I think) Bologna in one of her TV shows. You could Google her and see what you come up with.
thanks I'll try that!!