Number 2 sounds good, but photographing food is insanely difficult. See: http://photocritic.org/food-photo-tricks/ http://photocritic.org/food-photo-tricks/ I

Number 2 sounds good, but photographing food is insanely difficult. See: http://photocritic.org/food-photo-tricks/ http://photocritic.org/food-photo-tricks/ I think hiring an artist to make a drawing of the food may be cheaper :-)