I have been watching a lot of Come Dine With Me Canada and have realized that barely anyone likes what other people cook. If that's not the case then they have intentionally chosen a ton of terrible cooks to create the drama that I love to hate (likely scenario).
I like the idea of having a dinner party, but similar to the cooks on the show, I think my food would fall flat with the stress of other diners. I have been cooking a lot recently but I've only been satisfied with about half of my meals. Last week I did a roast chicken (about 3/4 of the way down is the rub I used) and it was great! The soup (lost the site the recipe was from, sorry!) I made with the chicken was good too, but when I tried to make a vegetarian version I realized how much better chicken really made the soup. Next up was stirfry without any store bought sauces, I realized I need to invest more time and make a homemade sauce, spices just didn't cut it. This week the vegan/gluten free shepard's pie I made was my favourite, I accidentally added double the amount of spices called for, but it still turned out great.
Overall my cooking skills are improving, I wish I had the natural ability some people seem to have, but it will come with time. I should also warn you that I'm intolerant to everything good and that my "good" may differ greatly from yours (try no dairy, gluten, egg, garlic, honey, banana or pineapple). So if you try either of the recipes linked feel free to change the ingredients to more normal things.
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