Hi Ross
Cooking - Nice image Out of focus behind knife works well, like the simple colour combinations, only nitpick is the label on the knife blade.
Short - good for getting out of your comfort zone. Looks like you need to buy a tilt shift lens with those buildings, I did try the perspective tool in PS but I could not get it right, just for my own education. Maybe getting the buildings on the right a bit more vertical would help and sod the pavement.
Short Glasses, a very short measure indeed. I like the lighting, maybe not so tight a crop would improve the image.