Both of the texts are about food. The first one is from a cookery book written in 1855. It is by Alexis Soyer and is in first person and it uses quite old-fashioned language. He is describing how he ...

Both of these pieces depict a writer’s first hand experience of visiting an establishment where food is served. In the cookery book extract from the 19th century, Soyer visits a house in a poor area ...