The tall cook just stood there with her hands behind her back and watched the newcomer as she came out of the Boar.

Then the corners of her mouth began to turn upwards slowly in an ever broadening smile.

"I find it also works well with chopping the vegies for my famous venison stew." She hefts an equally large sword.

"Speaking of which, there's some freshly made as well as some of my even more famous homemade bread, if you're interested." Nodding toward the door, "And we have some world famous," she frowned a bit, "or is that infamous?......hmmmm." Smiling again, "Some demmed fine mead to whet your thirst if you want to come back in."

"Oh, and bring the sword, there's a hen that needs stuffing with eggs and pork. I have a few decorating tips as well that may be of help to you."