It's hard to make a red (cranberry and apple) chutney not look completely disgusting in a photo. I think this works.
Yes, it does.
A magazine shot would probably have some bread or something else to add context. A tub of stuff on its own doesn't hold enough information to parse the contents without extra hints.
And it's easy to make food shots look disgusting without trying.
Sam make that at home?
recipe please? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~