COOKING THE SUBCRIBER COVER I love to hear your stories and feedback, and this one from Rich really caught my attention

Here are some of the fantastic efforts of readers who made our September chicken tikka pot roast using the free spice blend sachet included with the subscriber issue

I’m loving the ‘cook the cover’ feature; it’s even better with the free gift this month. It takes me back to school days, when the Beano free gift was a triangular piece of cardboard and paper that went bang!

Seriously though, I have resubscribed after nearly 30 years, when I had a marriage break-up and needed some serious selfteach, good cooking techniques. I confess, I had been lazy in leaving the kitchen regime to my ex-wife, who was very adept at the more quotidian form of cooking, and I was looking for something a bit more interesting.

I used Good Food magazines from the early 1990s and took on board some good ideas that I still use today to impress my partner. Rich Wilde, Newport, South Wales