Why The Rubik's Cube?

I take the photos with my camera phone in my fairly dark and dingy kitchen.

I found putting a scrambled rubik's cube in the shot helps the camera sort out the autobrightness/colour balance of the photos, so the food doesn't look pale, depressing and British.

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