Traffic, Turkey and No-Knead Bread

1 · The New York Times · Nov. 23, 2020, 4:44 p.m.
When more people stared cooking at home, the NYT Cooking engineering team rushed to make software improvements.By Tiffany PeónIllustration by David HuangMost years, the writers and editors of the New York Times Food section begin preparing Thanksgiving stories in the summer, sometimes cooking entire turkeys in their sweltering homes to test recipes. The engineering team for NYT Cooking starts preparations just as early, though our work doesn’t usually involve sweating over poultry. When decorati...