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Daphne Oz chews over some thoughts for Mother's Day Daphne Oz, a host of ABC's "The Chew," recalls last year's Mother's Day, when she and her siblings were traveling, and there was no celebration. As she considers what would make an ideal Mother's Day brunch, she thinks back to a special family vacation. "We took a family trip when I was little to France, and we went on a bike ride one day, and stumbled on a family-run restaurant," Oz says. "All they made was homemade quiche and salad, and it was her (mom's) favorite meal, comfort food made from scratch. I will re-create the French experience for her." In her latest book, "Relish: An Adventure in Food, Style, and Everyday Fun," Oz includes a straightforward recipe for quiche and immediately follows that with a separate one for the crust, for those who don't want to use ready-made. Like any good pie crust, hers requires butter, but only 1/3 of a cup. "I am a health advocate and put a priority on that," Oz says. "But it's not an obsession, and I want people to understand being healthy does not need to be this bland, strict, horrible experience. "If it is not full of joy," she says of why people lose interest in diets. "That is really what the recipes in this book are really about. I think it does a really good job of balancing and not compromising flavor." Oz, daughter of Dr. Mehmet Oz, shot to the best-seller list with her first book, "The Dorm Room Diet." The new book is a heartfelt take on a range of subjects relating to self and home, including beauty and home tips, and a piece about the differences between confidants and acquaintances. "Your confidant knows about your last breakup because they watched you bawl your face off," Oz writes. "An acquaintance only knows that your 'relationship status' online has changed." Oz, who raves about her co-hosts on the weekday show, is enthusiastic about constantly learning, which she says "should be reassuring for home viewers. What we try to show are the essentials to keep at home, and the huge struggle in America is people don't often cook at home. It can be challenging, inconvenient. It is one of the places in my life I have made a concerted effort to take control of." BY JACQUELINE CUTLER What did you eat last night? "A mixed green salad with roasted beets, goat cheese, candied walnuts and radicchio, and a robiola pizza. What are you reading? "I just started 'Gone Girl.' " What was the last trip you took and why? "I went to Florida for spring break with my family." What is your next project? "My closet does not have a lot of space, and I am organizing it and want to have that experience of going to Home Depot and figuring out the wood. I think it is something you have to do once." BY GEORGE DICKIE Geddy Lee Randy Bachman Levon Helm 8 The Goshen News • TV Spotlight • May 13-19, 2013 Rush: In a three-piece band, there can be no deadwood, and that is especially true of these newest entrants to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Geddy Lee's nimble bass lines and Neil Peart's acrobatic drum rolls form a dynamic foundation for Alex Lifeson's unorthodox guitar chords and, along with Lee's high tenor vocals, give the band its signature sound. These Torontonians, respected throughout the industry for their virtuoso musicianship, can play rings around the average alternative or country band, and if you need proof, just turn on classics such as "Moving Pictures," "Hemispheres" or the epic "2112." A feast of prog/hard rock, indeed. Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Forty years after finding mainstream success with the anthemic "Takin' Care of Business," guitarist Randy Bachman and bassist Fred Turner still make the rounds in the U.S. and Canada as Bachman & Turner (thanks to a lawsuit by ex-members), even playing the halftime show at the 2010 Grey Cup game, Canada's version of the Super Bowl. This Winnipeg-based hard rock unit underwent numerous personnel changes over the years and reunited in 2009, meaning such catchy tunes as "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," "Let It Ride" and "Roll On Down the Highway" live on. The Guess Who: Bachman also played lead guitar in this Winnipeg-based entry, which began life in 1958 as Al & the Silvertones, then Chad Allan & the Reflections. Though popular throughout Canada in the 1960s, the Guess Who wouldn't taste international fame until the end of that decade with the release of such hits as "No Time," "American Woman" and "These Eyes." Along the way, they picked up and shed members and spawned the careers of Bachman (with BTO) and keyboardist Burton Cummings (as a solo act). They've worked sporadically over the past decade, even recording new songs as recently as 2011. The Band: Believe it or not, this quintessential country-blues-rock quintet was actually 80 percent Canadian, with Arkansan Levon Helm the lone Yank. Between 1964 and 1977, the original lineup of Helm and Ontario natives Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel recorded 10 albums, gained a huge following and had their final concert immortalized in Martin Scorsese's acclaimed 1978 docu "The Last Waltz."

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