Great idea here. The composition seems just a little too simple (though it is nice), and the out of focus pasta in the foreground seems to detract (maybe it would have been better to have the pasta in the back OOF).
Cute, nice use of depth of field, but I don't like the lighting much for some reason. It needs more mid-tones I think, or maybe the opposite, way more contrast. Also, you could have put another row or two of pasta in the rear... I can see through to the background. it's just a litle detail I'd obsess over if I were shooting this, maybe you wanted it that way. :)
Perhaps not enough regularity in this rhythmical composition to make it work - this kind of thing really needs to be almost absolutely regular to be effective, and this is broken up too much. Light is good, and detailing, though somehow not a reat deal of feel of texture comes through.