Child driving golf cart is a recipe for disaster

Dear Abby: May I respond to the assertion that letting the 6-year-old drive a golf cart is unsafe (Dec. 31)? About 13 years ago, my nephew was allowed to drive a golf cart at the age of 8. He fatally injured his 6-year-old stepsister. He is still traumatized by it. And if that isn't bad enough, last June, my great-grandson was driving a similar piece of equipment on his third birthday (a gift from his paternal grandfather). While the whole family watched, he overturned it as he drove off the road and into a ditch. Everyone seemed to think it was "cute." What is wrong with these idiots? Bewildered Grammy in Maryland Dear Abby: An elderly lady here was killed in a hit-and-run golf cart accident while picking up her mail. The driver was a child.

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Sweetheart Madeleine Recipe

Ian Gresik's desserts are to die for. Take, for example, the Valrhona chocolate bomb with caramelized bananas and hot espresso ganache the pastry chef is preparing for Valentine's Day at Downtown's Patina Restaurant. Though the food at this elegant eatery next to Walt Disney Concert Hall is amazing, diners have been known to come here just for the desserts. So if you can't make it for the four-course $130 dinner on Feb. 14, Gresik sends his love with this simple yet sweet recipe that'll heat up any Downtown kitchen. Madeleine Cookie Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour 2 cups powdered sugar 2.5 teaspoons baking soda 4 eggs 8 tablespoons melted unsalted butter 1 tablespoon rose water Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

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NHS debts 'recipe for medical disaster'

THE growing mountain of NHS debt could threaten plans put in place to transform the Welsh health service into the envy of the world. Doctors last night said that the continuing debt culture which permeates the NHS will leave the Welsh Assembly Government's Designed for Life vision in tatters. Official figures have estimated that the NHS will be £36.4m in debt by the end of this financial year. This is on top of its historical accumulated deficit of £101m, which dates back to at least the start of the new millennium. The Assembly Government has agreed that it will write off some £16m of this debt which was incurred before 2001, bringing the amount repayable to just over £86m. .

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Super Bowl recipe: Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars

In bowl of electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light yellow, about 2 minutes. With mixer on low speed, add vanilla, eggs and peanut butter and mix until well combined. In small bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. With mixer on low speed, slowly add flour mixture to peanut butter mixture. Mix just until combined. Use a knife to spread 2/3 of dough evenly in pan. Spread jam evenly over dough. Drop small globs of remaining dough evenly over jam. Don't worry if all the jam isn't covered; dough will spread when baking. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts and bake 45 minutes. Cool and cut into small squares. Recipe provided by Gannett News Service, provided by "Barefoot Contessa at Home" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $35).

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Forgotten recipe puts the fizz back into Tizer

CHILDREN quenched their thirst and kept their dentists busy with the brightly coloured fizzy drink for decades and now the company behind Tizer is planning to promote it to a new generation. AG Barr, the maker of Irn-Bru and other soft drinks, is poised to relaunch the drink after the company's chairman unearthed the 82-year-old original recipe while clearing out his office. The company will this week move out of its 120-year-old headquarters in Parkhead, in the east end of Glasgow, and move to a huge new purpose-built site in Cumbernauld. .

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Rabalais: Turnovers recipe for disaster

Pro football is a harsh, unsentimental game. Men like George Halas, patriarch of the Chicago Bears, helped make it that way. Sunday, the team he created won the NFC championship trophy named for him and the ticket to the Super Bowl attached, mercilessly stamping out the sweetest dream going in the NFL with a 39-14 rout of the New Orleans Saints. The Bears are not known for using finesse to get what they want, and that wasn’t the case Sunday. This was a two-handed shove to the solar plexus, and the Saints folded like the Chicago Cubs. New Orleans was the trendy pick coming in. The deft touch of Drew Brees and the acrobatic movements of Reggie Bush were supposed to be too much for hamhanded Rex Grossman and a Bears defense that lost some of its Monsters of the Midway swagger as the season wore on.

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Chef seeks a new business recipe

Theo Petron set out five years ago to focus on planning and preparing meals for busy families. Today, however, the bulk of his business is serving guests at intimate dinner parties — and he's not sure that's enough to keep his Dinnerwhere service going. BY JULIE FORSTER Pioneer Press Exhausted and hungry, Realtor Sue Zaudtke used to come home from a day of work and eat the nearest, quickest thing — like crackers and cheese. She'd follow the snacking with a dinner out or grab one of those salt-laden roasted chickens from the grocery store. "It was just a matter of getting home at 5:30 or 6 and you are starving and to eat healthy is really difficult," said Zaudtke. Last year, she decided to hire a personal chef to make lunches and dinners for herself and her husband, Dwight.

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