This shot actually fits the challenge much better than some of the other photos. The quality just isn't there. If you correct for the color cast from the wrong white balance it improves quite a bit. It looks like it was shot at a restaurant so there was no real control of the lighting but if you could have used a polarizer it may have negated the harsh glare. I'm not sure if it's motion blur or lack of focus but it needs to be much sharper. A more overhead angle so your subject is parallel to the sensor would also be nice.
That's a cigarette isn't it? Not really food, although I had a dream once where i was eating an entire bowl of cigarette butts, and loving them. I think that's the only time in my life I can remember that I woke up laughing.
It's a good idea, but you cropped the top and bottom of the extreme objects, and a better lighting would make your photo a nicer one. I really like the originality, though.