Food Photography

I have never particularly photographed food before, other than casual snaps of meals out etc, and so was not sure if there are any dos and don’ts when taking the photos.
I found this BBC article which is fairly vague for all foods but is quite helpful:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-photograph-food

I was planning on using a tripod anyway but it is interesting that it says ‘don’t use a flash’ as I was planning on using flash photography in the photo studio. I may now experiment a little and take some using natural light too to see which works best.