Twitter, the microblogging platform, made its stock debut with a splashy IPO, valuing the company at a cool $18.34 billion. While the money guys are frantically pacing the floor of the Stock Exchange shouting "BUY!" and "SELL!"—or whatever it is they do—we've decided to salute Twitter the Bon Appétit way: with a list of watershed moments in the culinary Twittersphere.
THE FIRST MENTION OF BREAKFAST
https://twitter.com/noah/statuses/315
THE FIRST CONFESSION OF DRUNKENNESS
https://twitter.com/jack/status/806
THE FIRST MENTION OF KALE (AND QUINOA)
https://twitter.com/giantrat/status/51469
THE FIRST MENTION OF SRIRACHA
https://twitter.com/champuru/status/242653
THE FIRST USE OF “HANGRY”
https://twitter.com/mrchrisadams/status/960563
THE FIRST PICTURE OF SOMEONE’S LUNCH
https://twitter.com/Cybersoc/status/3805913
THE FIRST HATER
https://twitter.com/CorporateMonkey/status/14750051
THE FIRST MENTION OF BACONATOR
https://twitter.com/jeffbristow/status/104432932
THE FIRST PICTURE OF STEAK
https://twitter.com/snarshad/status/22196121
THE FIRST USE OF #FOODPORN
https://twitter.com/psd/status/302590382
THE FIRST MENTION OF “FARM-TO-TABLE”
https://twitter.com/yonigre/status/595407312
THE FIRST USE OF #NOMNOM
https://twitter.com/philipp/status/744775172
RUTH BOURDAIN FIRST DESCENDS UPON TWITTER
https://twitter.com/RuthBourdain/status/25152593263
THE FIRST PICTURE OF AN EMPTY PLATE
https://twitter.com/giessen/status/784867297
THE FIRST PICTURE OF GREEK YOGURT
https://twitter.com/kareemwilliams/status/862865526
THE FIRST USE OF #FOODCOMA
https://twitter.com/jimstorer/status/908367914
. . . AND THE FIRST TWITPIC OF A PASSED-OUT GRANDPA
http://twitter.com/melodicbabble/status/6090170245
BON APPETIT’S FIRST TWEET
https://twitter.com/bonappetit/status/1376109733
GUY FIERI’S FIRST TWEET
https://twitter.com/GuyFieri/status/1520390053
. . . AND GUY FIERI’S FOURTH TWEET
https://twitter.com/GuyFieri/status/1591579347
JUSTIN BIEBER’S FIRST TWEET ABOUT PIZZA
https://twitter.com/justinbieber/status/2486998080
THE FIRST USE OF “CRONUT”
https://twitter.com/khristopherr/status/3573032853
THOMAS KELLER’S FIRST TWEET
https://twitter.com/Chef_Keller/status/15440429576
CHIPOTLE’S FIRST TWEET
https://twitter.com/ChipotleTweets/status/16268980245
ALICE WATERS’S FIRST TWEET
https://twitter.com/AliceWaters/status/52416623109341184