This annual list is an exercise in selective memory: The trick is to remember every impressive snack, sandwich, pastry, main course and cocktail I ate over the past year without ever thinking about how much food it all adds up to.

It helps to eliminate, right off the bat, anything I consumed in a restaurant that turned out to be one of my favorites of the year, and to focus instead on the runners-up. This allows me to shine some light on twice as many establishments while letting me imagine that this is all there was — just 10 things, each a perfect example of its type or of some new, previously unknown type, so intensely satisfying that maybe I didn’t even finish it, although of course I did.

Sicilian slice and regular slice at F & F Pizzeria

Before opening their Carroll Gardens slice joint, the Franks — Falcinelli and Castronovo — brought in some high-level baking experts to help them fine-tune the dough. Judged by breadmaking standards, both the regular slice (with or without cheese) and the Sicilian (always with cheese) are remarkable: firm underneath, extremely light in the middle, fragrant on top with cheese, tomato and excellent olive oil. Most impressive, all the improvement didn’t turn them into something different; they’re still recognizable members of the New York street-corner pizza family ($3.75 for a regular tomato slice; $4 for a regular cheese slice; $6 for a Sicilian slice).

459 Court Street (Luquer Street), Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn; franks.pizza.