Pilaf-Stuffed Acorn Squash

I've been confused by a few things this past weekend. For example, how does ice freeze like this, when it's lying flat in the freezer? Please some science genius email me and explain this because it's baffling. Also, photography has been confusing me no end. More specifically, the lighting of my photography lately. As winter draws in and it's getting dark earlier, I've been really struggling to get good shots of my dinner recipes to post on the blog. Although this could be a great excuse for me to jump in and finally trade my 5-year-old Olympus SLR for the Nikon I've been drooling over for months, it's actually not really a camera issue. Yes, a better-quality camera probably would help somewhat but it's more to do with environment lighting at the time of shooting and post-editing.