It's Reader Request week, and I'm looking forward to the posts
we have scheduled. You asked, we answered. With all the great
ideas you guys sent in, I had a tough time choosing just one.
But one reader's suggestion sparked my interest the most—DIY
versions of famous restaurant recipes! Call me crazy, but the
one I settled on is the pleasantly cool and icy cocoa shake
known as the Wendy's frosty. You all have probably figured out
by now how much I love recreating recipes. I'm often most
inspired by what I eat out, so this assignment was going be a
cinch. Only problem was, with so many famed restaurant recipes
to pick from, how was I ever going to decide? Thank goodness
fate stepped in.  Last weekend I was honored to attend my
fiance's family reunion in Dothan, Alabama. Now if you've never
been to a Southern family reunion, then you don't know what
you're missing. Talk about enough food to feed an army! The
patriarchs had been up all night smoking pounds and pounds of
pork butts, and the women handled everythin