Dear tsuwm: your definitions don't seem to fit what was being described as appetizing. Please look some more'

Incidentally, in looking further I found this which you may find interesting:

Although every family cooked their own food,
for those who could afford them there were
also 'professional' cooks and bakers in
Viking Age Britain. As you can see from the
title, the name Baxter comes directly from
the Anglo-Saxon word Baecestre, this being
the female version of the job title and Baker
being the male.
It is interesting that the female term sounds like "bake sister".
Perhaps the names "Thatcher" and "Thaxter" follow the same pattern.