Photo by Ashley Rodriguez of Not Without Salt . People think of food photography as flashy images of perfectly-styled, untouched food. In fact, the imperfect can communicate a lot about a recipe. Here, the all-but-licked bowl that contained a letnil salad, conveys how delicious the lentils were and gestures toward the herbs and rich oil with which they had been prepared. I love how the image of the empty bowl makes us want more.