Wow, she looks good. Wonder if she colours her hair. No matter, her skin still looks good at 91. Just look at her hands.

As for the knife thing...at least the knife is small. I was recently reading a book on traditional Chinese gourmet cooking styles...and the style is to use the cleaver for everything from meat to peeling water chestnuts. I actually was taught, Zen as a teenager to peel a piece of ginger root and take off the ginger root outer skin carefully with a medium-sized knife. Not a paring knife at that time. The knife wasn't exactly chef-sharp but not totally dull either. I still do that..and hold the ginger root in the air, not on the cutting board. (But we do have and use paring knives if it gets too tricky for me.)

I bet Clare loves cooking ...that probably keeps her young/motivated to maintain her hand dexerity. Before my partner's mother (now dead), went into the nursing home at 91, she was doing all that fine cooking/baking and cutting herself. It was her creative outlet.