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The 18 Best Things in the World About Food

From crispy chicken skin and runny egg yolks to clouds of cream in your coffee, the 18 best things ever about food
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We loved BuzzFeed's 19 Worst Things Ever. But you know what we love more than bad things that are funny? Good things. Good things, and food. So here, to counter our friends at BuzzFeed, we've come up with the 18 Best Things in the World... About Food.

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    ©Romulo Yanes
    1/18

    Slightly charred crust of pizza

  • Cake batter on beaters
    Jennifer Squires Ross (Creative Commons on Flickr)
    2/18

    Cake batter on beaters (for licking; unplug/detach first, please!)

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    3/18

    When a pint of ice cream is that perfect temperature where it just starts to melt around the edges, but is still hard-ish in the middle

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    4/18

    Half-popped kernels of popcorn

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    5/18

    The first break into a chicken pot pie

  • Image may contain Food Cookie Biscuit and Bread
    Christi @ Love From The Oven (Creative Commons on Flickr)
    6/18

    Gooey, warm chocolate chips in a freshly baked cookie

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    7/18

    Crispy chicken skin

  • Image may contain Food Plant Pasta and Macaroni
    8/18

    Watching Parmesan flakes melt into hot pasta

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    9/18

    When your martini comes with three olives instead of two

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    Ditte Isager
    10/18

    Runny egg yolks

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    Christina Holmes
    11/18

    The crunchy rice at the bottom of the pan

  • Image may contain Drink Juice Beverage Food Peanut Butter and Smoothie
    12/18

    The first swipe of a new jar of peanut butter

  • Image may contain Food Bread French Loaf and Bread Loaf
    Ditte Isager
    13/18

    The end of a fresh, warm baguette (eaten on the street, preferably)

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    14/18

    Crispy, slightly dry end of roast pork

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    15/18

    The way caviar pops in your mouth

  • Image may contain Drink Juice Beverage Furniture Chair Smoothie Wood Milk and Milkshake
    Elizabeth Olson
    16/18

    Watching cream clouds dance in your coffee

  • Image may contain Food
    Mitch Feinberg
    17/18

    The sound of chicken (or anything) frying

  • Image may contain Animal Seafood Lobster Food Sea Life Human and Person
    Andrew Scrivani (Creative Commons on Flickr)
    18/18

    Getting lobster meat out of the claw in one fell swoop

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