I sat there trying to think of a good "square" idea. And came up with your "3 square meals a day" thing. Then it was the execution process. Something I could do for a photo that was manageable.
Went to a thrift store and bought a square plate and a square glass. Eggs were microwaved in a square dish then fried to preserve squareness and prevent microwave explosions (the first egg attempted). Then I set up my camera on my tripod directly over the table.
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COMPOSITION...This area could use some improvement. Objects seem to be placed in a haphazard fashion and are not tied together. There is also no main subject - nothing that the eye can immediately settle on or follow. Don't forget before snapping to try many ways of looking at your still life and don't hesitate to rearrange your items ad nauseum unitil you have some arrangement that stands out from the rest. Perhaps a more angled shot where some of the food items were at the forefront, (in this case it should be the square ones) with others playing a minor role in the background, would have worked better.
TECHNIQUE... To tell you the truth, the food items do not look appealing. Well its true that whenever food is photographed, so many (non-edible) treatments are applied to the food in question to make it look edible, but I doubt you or I would have access to this kind of stuff, or if we did, we wouldn't know about it. All I can think of is adding a bit of soft focus to the shot (for DPC, using an old filter with glycerin or vaseline smeared on it, or stocking net over the lens). That should hopefully soften out the "greasy" look which is really hard to avoid - food never looks appealing when photographed the way it is, one of the first things I learned in my studio still life course. Light is average, photo looks like it can be lightened a bit but I'll need to look at the photo on a calibrated monitor before I could say that. Background is simple and effective.
OVERALL... well, despite the food not looking appealing, its still a very good attempt which I imagine would take some effort. Food is a very challenging subject to try to photograph, kudos for taking it on :)
This a very nice idea. The photo looks very professional. Although I feel that some of the items is the photo do not fit the description of "square" very well. Good job.
Someone went to a lot of trouble for this one. Toast is a tad burnt on the top edge, one yoke of the outside egg is a little darker than the other, The butter on the toast did not melt. Now for the photo: It's great. I love it. A colored plate might have helped see clearly the eggs are also square. But it's still good. Now I'm hungary. I'll give you an 8 and fix me the same thing.
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