Crossword Genius

Like Katherine’s mother to have food served all round (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tamable

'like katherine's' is the definition.
(like Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew)

'mother to have food served all round' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'mother' could be 'ma' (ma can mean mother) and 'ma' is found within the answer.
'food' could be 'table' (table is a kind of food) and 'table' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for tamable that I've seen before include "apt for domestication" , "Possible to get calm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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