Exceptionally wellread and a skilled cook, who loved giving parties in her garden, she lost none of her lively wit and warmth.

Other enthusiasms included antiques, spinning and weaving, and birdwatching; and she was a skilled cook and dressmaker, and a voracious reader.

Smaller prgi are often prized for their daintiness and are considered the work of a skilled cook.

Skilled cooks were expected to conform to the regimen of humoral medicine.