Scroll of Bread

Decided to re-attempt Andrew Price's Bread Tutorial for Blender after about 2 years. Interesting to note that back then it was a bit too much for me, but now it's much easier to swallow AND I can add some decent lighting to show it off. However, the scene looks a bit too plain, doesn't make much sense to me anymore, and I got very tired of attempting to breathe life into it. Posting what I have so far and leaving it at that.
I consider this piece a failure save for maybe the lighting, the bread, and the butter stick.