Byline: The Food Section

A chat with the Food section staff is a chance for you to ask questions, offer suggestions and share information with other cooks and food lovers. It is a forum for discussion of food trends, ingredients, menus, gadgets and anything else food-related.

Each chat, we will focus on topics from the day's Food section . Do you have a question about a particular recipe or a food-related anecdote to share? The Food section staff goes Free Range on Food every Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET.

The transcript follows.

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Bonnie: Turkeys on every cooking mag cover and testing ovens are cooling down...are you getting into Thanksgiving mode? Remember, you can send q's about the holiday prep to food@washpost.com until Nov. 9. We'll publish answers in our Nov. 16 and Nov. 20 issues. Also a note about this year's annual Thanksgiving takeout list, compiled by editorial assistant Terri Sapienza: It's running in the Nov. 9 issue of Food, to give you a head start on placing orders.

For today's chat, the gang's all here. Maybe you don't have a whole cookbook's worth of recipes of your own, but you've got one that's a signature standout.

We'll give Lisa Yockelson's big new "Chocolate Chocolate" to the chatter who shares the best, easiest, ORIGINAL recipe (honor system rules apply). We'll post the winner near the end o' the chat; be sure to send us your address by e-mail to food@washpost.com.

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Silver Spring, Md.: OK, so what inspired you to run a story romanticizing the wine-drinking of William Faulkner, a life-long binge drinker and borderline alcoholic, with cutesy stories about holiday arguments and smuggling?

Oh, and "redneck" is one of those words you really aren't supposed to use unless you are one.

Judy H.: We just thought people might be interested in his connection to wine in this area and his daughter's vineyard.

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Reston, Va.: Where can I buy free-range chicken (preferably organic) near Reston? Whole foods, Giant, and Safeway don't carry it.

Candy: Hi Reston. Have you tried Wegman's, either in Sterling or in Fairfax (near Fairfax Corner)? I think they may have it in the refrigerated case directly across from the meat counter. Or give them a call and ask and save yourself a trip.

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Whining about wine: Good lord, please not another wine story without anything practical about wine. We want more Ben!