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Q: Where did New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter go to college? —Dominic Grillo, Dunedin, Fla.

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I’m kind of like an old lady—deﬁnitely a homebody. I listen to a lot of oldies, and I don’t really go out. Have you gotten used to the “teen queen” title? It’s ﬂattering, but what blows me away is the fact that the show airs around the world. That’s incredible. What’s your secret talent? I have insane control over my eyebrows. I can make them ripple in a wave. Do you have your driver’s license yet? No! It’s really upsetting, actually. I’ve been too busy to learn to drive, but I’m 19 so it’s getting ridiculous. Were you a ham growing up? I didn’t need the spotlight, but I’ve always been extroverted. In middle school, if my mom and best friend dared me to dance in line at Kinko’s, I did it without any shame.

nominee spent a semester at the University of Michigan gan in between his ﬁrstt ttwo seasons in the Yankees’ minor league system. But once he hit his stride on the ﬁeld, he left college and made his big league debut in 1995. “I would like to own a team,” Jeter has said about his postplayer career. “I would like to be the one calling the shots.”

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illian Anderson will never escape being Dana Scully, her paranormal-seeking character on The X-Files. “I met an Australian aboriginal shaman in Italy,” she recalls, “and he started with the fact that his wife was from another planet.” But the 43-year-old actress has moved on to more terrestrial pastures and is now playing the forlorn Miss Havisham in PBS Masterpiece’s Great Expectations (April 1 and 8, 9 p.m. ET; on DVD April 3). She tells Mary Margaret the three words that describe her best are “busy, stressed, and goofy.”

You were a rebellious teen. Does that streak still surface? Even though I can dress up like a soccer mom, the punk rocker will forever be under my skin. A manager once told me to smile for the paparazzi. I thought, screw that! Playing along [with intrusive press] is perpetuating something I don’t think should be legal.

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off-white sweater and slacks. She has driven star hotel near her apartment in downinto the city this morning from suburban town Manhattan. Picking through her Mount Kisco, where her company, SLSH dish with a fork, the 45-year-old cooking and Enterprises, is based and where she lives with homemaking maven ticks off the ingredients. New York governor Andrew Cuomo. The two “It’s tuna tartare on a base of avocado with a have been involved since shortly after meeting beautiful citrus soy. And there’s something at a summer party in the Hamptons in 2005. nutty on top, which is prepackaged, storeShe calls him her “beloved.” bought potato strings. See, even in fancy Although she now attends such A-list With her first housewares line, her restaurants …” She laughs. “I’m just sayin’ …” events as Carolina Herrera’s fashion shows charity work for children, and a If anyone can recognize a gastronomic and the Costume Institute’s annual ball at the high-profile relationship, the lifestyle shortcut, it’s Lee. Her first recipe collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, she insists her expert has plenty on her plate Semi-Homemade Cooking, published in 2002, image on TV will remain true to her roots. was filled with dishes that relied heavily on “I’ve been asked to do higher-end, fancier her signature formula: 70 percent prepackshows,” she says, “but that’s not who I am.” aged ingredients and mixes and 30 percent So who is Sandra Lee? Friends and colfresh. Her aim was, and remains, to help leagues offer clues. women who don’t have the time to make “She’s got brains behind the beauty,” says labor-intensive meals. But her approach has Rosanna Scotto, a friend and cohost of Good been flambéed by many food critics. Caustic celebrity chef Anthony Day New York whose family owns the restaurant Fresco by Scotto. Bourdain once labeled her the “frightening hell spawn of Kathie Lee “You know the word indefatigable? That is Sandra. She works so hard and Betty Crocker,” and a Kwanzaa cake she made was roundly derided. to make what she does a success,” says Jack Griffin, a magazine executive She is not fazed, however, by what the food elite say. “I’m hitting Middle turned consultant who was at PARADE when Lee contributed a column. America with information that will be helpful, festive, and fun,” she says. “She is the quintessential American; she embodies the best of this (Lee has now published a total of 24 cookbooks and hosts two daily Food country. She was born into tough circumstances, and she made it all on Network shows plus regular HGTV holiday entertainment specials.) her own,” says Alexandra Stanton, a close friend and business developA tall (5-foot-9), slender champagne blonde, Lee arrives for lunch wear- ment executive who introduced Lee and Cuomo. ing no makeup (“That’s one way I save time,” she says) and dressed in an “She doesn’t just talk the talk, she walks it,” says Chuck Scofield, an

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unable to cope. Food stamps and welfare payments weren’t enough to keep the pantry stocked. And because her mother had become a Jehovah’s Witness, birthday and holiday celebrations were verboten. “It’s really easy to figure out why I love what I love, the holidays and food,” says Lee. “I know the difference between having them and not having them.” She says she doesn’t know where her mother is today: “I believe she’s still alive. I haven’t had contact with her since a few days before my 16th birthday.” Her memoir also details how, while she was in her 20s and with the outsize determination still evident today, Lee built a multimillionFAMILY TIES Above, Lee in January 2011 with New York dollar business, starting governor Andrew Cuomo and his daughters (from left) with Kurtain Kraft, a Cara, Michaela, and Mariah. Right, in 1991 with Grandma Lorraine, who gave Lee her happiest childhood years. decorative DIY line that she sold at county fairs, executive at Share Our Strength, of Lee’s extensive on QVC, and eventually fund-raising efforts for that childhood hunger charity. at Walmart and Target. In the late ’90s, Lee began “She’s incredibly passionate about the issue and has to remake herself as a cooking and lifestyle expert an authentic connection, having experienced hunger despite the fact that her formal culinary training conherself growing up in challenging circumstances.” sisted of a single short course at Le Cordon Bleu’s Those answers hint at but don’t fully explain Lee’s Ottawa branch. Lee also wed Bruce Karatz, a wealthy complicated life story. Ask her and she’ll tell you that L.A. businessman, in 2001; they divorced in 2005. she is a California girl (she was born there, but also Lee says the early hard times shaped her and grew up in Washington State and Wisconsin); pre- fueled her drive. “I wouldn’t be who I am, and able to fers Red Vines licorice to Twizzlers; stayed up late do what I do and feel the way I feel about my family and finishing Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs friends, if I hadn’t gone through what I went through,” (“At the end, I was crying my eyes out”); believes she says. “So for me, it was a semi-blessing.” She in helping family (she has so far picked up the col- now devotes much of her time and energy to raising lege tabs for two of her nine nieces and nephews); funds for New York food banks, Share Our Strength, and goes enthusiastically overboard for holidays (she and Unicef. “There are 16 million kids in fooddecorated seven Christmas trees, all artificial, at the insecure homes [in the U.S.],” she says. “I know how Mount Kisco house, and has delighted in dressing up those kids feel, and it’s why I do the work I do.” as Cher for Halloween). Her to-do list seems to grow ever She doesn’t talk a lot about her harlonger. Next month, her first cookrowing childhood, though she wrote ing and housewares line, Sandra by GET A SPECIAL about it in her 2007 memoir, Made Sandra Lee, begins selling exclusively MESSAGE FROM SANDRA AND GO BEHIND THE From Scratch. Lee revealed that she was at Sears and Kmart stores for prices SCENES OF HER SHOOT AT largely responsible during her tween ranging from $2.99 to $129.99. “They PARADE.COM/LEE and teen years for her four younger can’t just be another pot or pan or siblings, because her mother—twice colander,” she says. “They have to have divorced, mentally unstable, and adanother function”—work as serving dicted to prescription drugs—was pieces, for example—“and be pretty 10 • March 25, 2012

enough to display.” She is in talks with the Food Network to develop a third LEARN HOW TO MAKE show to join her existing programs, SANDRA’S BLT AND GET Semi-Homemade Cooking and Sandra’s MORE OF HER RECIPES AT PARADE.COM/LEE Money Saving Meals. “She has a real sense of what average American home cooks are looking for and the challenges they face,” says Brooke Johnson, president of the Food Network. Lee also understands that sometimes those challenges can be eased with a cocktail. In on-air segments that have earned her both devotees and detractors, she frequently concocts colorful drinks for special meals. “Here’s what I think: It’s ﬁne to have a glass of wine or a cocktail, if you drink responsibly,” she says. Lee—who has already completed her next two cookbooks and the outline for a novel—says her busy schedule dovetails well with Governor Cuomo’s. “I can’t help it; I work,” she says. “I have a sweetheart who’s the same way. All through Christmas he was doing the budget, and we worked on our different projects.” They talk about “all the important issues,” she says, but as the First Girlfriend, she has by choice had a limited public role. Among her rare semi-ofﬁcial appearances: attending Cuomo’s 2010 swearing-in; marching alongside him in New York City’s gay pride parade last June, right after he signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state (one of Lee’s brothers is gay, and she favored the legislation); and joining him to greet New Yorkers at a

New Year’s Day open house at the governor’s mansion in Albany. (A request to interview Cuomo received no response from his ofﬁce.) Her biggest challenge could be what happens should the well-respected governor attempt to take his political career to the national level. There may be issues with her corporate relationships and whether her TV time counts as commercials for him, though the couple’s unmarried status might be more of a hurdle. Says veteran political columnist Jonathan Alter, of Bloomberg View and MSNBC, “Her independent career is no impediment nowadays. In fact, voters would like it—as long as they’re hitched.” In the meantime, Lee says she considers her Sundays with Cuomo the best day of the week: They sleep in “a little bit,” often go to church, run errands, maybe take a spin on his Harley, and make lunch. “Michaela loves my BLT,” she says, referring to Cuomo’s 14-yearold daughter. (He shares custody of Michaela and his 17-year-old twins, Mariah and Cara, with his ex-wife, Kerry Kennedy; Lee has often referred to Cuomo’s kids as “my semi-homemade daughters.”) Come evening, Lee plops down to view reruns of The Lawrence Welk Show. “It’s what I watched with my Grandma Lorraine,” she says, recalling a brief happy period in her childhood, from when she was 2 until she was 6, living with her paternal grandmother. “If you look at Lawrence Welk, the outﬁts match the sets. And [bandleader] Welk is so happy. How can you not like him?” She shrugs. “I know that’s geeky, but I’m a little geeky that way.” March 25, 2012 • 11

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Friends, Indeed

OLD FRIEND a Jackie Cassar has seen me through good times and bad.

A few I’ve known forever; others are new on the scene. But I cherish both kinds.

NEW FRIEND Like me, Maura Casey is an opinionated newspaperwoman.

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a point in life where they’re done making new friends. Not me. Frankly, I need the balance. Old friends know everything about you and love you anyway. That’s wonderful, of course, but you never know when they’re looking at you and thinking of the time you cut your bangs with nail clippers and looked like one of Santa’s elves. New friends never know such things about you unless you’re stupid enough to have pictures. Not to digress, but I do want to say that had I not been a nursing mother with only two hours’ sleep and a mischievous teenager, there would be no Polaroid proof of the unfortunate bangs breakdown. Where was I? My point here is that new friends lack the shared history of old friends, which can be a good thing. New friends didn’t know you when you were younger, thinner, and fairly coherent. They only know you as the person who stops midsentence to tug on her waistband, look for the glasses hanging around her neck, and ask, “Where was I?”

There’s a lot to be said for lowered expectations, and I’m going to rattle off that list as soon as I remember it. In the meantime, I want to make it clear: I cherish my old friends. Take Jackie, for instance. We’ve been friends for more than two decades, which includes my 10 years as a single mother and the hysterical phone call at midnight after a date told me I reminded him of his mother. Another photo comes to mind: It’s my wedding day in 2004, and Jackie is in charge, because she is the boss of me. She and I are walking toward the church sanctuary, where my soon-to-be husband and 130 guests are waiting. I’m carrying a bouquet of long-stemmed calla

lilies. Jackie is holding a clipboard, her pen poised to check off “bride delivered” on her to-do list. We’re grinning like Lucy and Ethel at a hat sale. We earned those smiles, one averted crisis at a time. Now, every friendship starts with taking a chance on someone. Someone like Maura, I mean. Three years ago, I stood up in a crowded auditorium and let my opinions ﬂy. Hardly a remarkable occurrence in my life, as my loved

EVERY FRIENDSHIP STARTS WITH TAKING A CHANCE ON SOMEONE.

ones will complain. Ex-plain, I’m sure they mean. Five minutes later, a woman I’d never met walked over and shook my hand. “I’m Maura,” she said. “We’re supposed to be friends.” In one lifetime, two bossy women who know what’s good for me. What are the chances? Maura and I were born in the same year. We grew up in working-class families from snowbelt towns, and both of us have worked for newspapers for more than 30 years. p We’re full of opinions and W seldom wait for the invitation s tto share them, which cuts tthrough a lot of throat clearing when one of us is being stupid w aand needs a verbal thump to the head. th Jackie and Maura are the yin and yang of my life. Last week, for example, I was looking in the mirror and wondering what the heck happened to my cheekbones. Where were they? “Honey,” Jackie said over lunch, “we both have fat faces. We were born with fat faces. If it makes you feel any better, you have fewer chins.” Two hours later, I’m talking to Maura on the phone. “Honey,” she says, “you don’t have a fat face. You’re just not angular. You don’t want all those bones sticking out. Not at our age.” Old friend Jackie: Commiseration. New friend Maura: Denial. It’s the perfect balance for my happy, middle-aged life.

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Slow down your strength training. Increasing your rep time—especially when lowering weights—can actually shorten your workout by making it more efﬁcient, according to exercise physiologist Tom Holland, author of Beat the Gym. Holland’s method: No matter what move you’re performing, spend two seconds lifting and ﬁve seconds lowering. “This maximizes the amount of time the muscle is under tension and eliminates momentum, which increases the results you get from each repetition,” Holland says. TIME SAVED: 30 minutes per workout

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Dinner The Power of Polenta Emmy Rossum, star of the Showtime series

“Miss Elliot, Beaumont needs his tummy rubbed.”

Shameless, kicks back by cooking meatless fare

Since I traveled so often for ﬁlm and TV work, I took all my high school classes online. While I was working on the computer in my bedroom, the TV was usually on, too, so I could watch the Food Network. I learned so much about cooking from chefs like Paula Deen and Emeril Lagasse that I’d give my mother advice about whatever she was making for dinner. I’d say, “Mom, why don’t you deglaze that pan now?” Cooking is very relaxing for me, especially when I have time to make my favorite dishes. I love to cook with polenta (a mush made from cornmeal); I eat it often since I’m allergic to gluten. You can do so many things with polenta, and it takes on any ﬂavor you want it to. I like this dish because it’s light. I eat a lot of protein during the week, so this is the perfect meal for me on the weekends. It’s simple and delicious.

WHO’S

INCLUDED?

Those included, together called a “Class” or “Class members” include anyone who owns or owned a property containing an RTI Plumb-PEX plumbing system, containing ASTM standard F1807 brass insert fittings and stainless steel clamps installed on or after May 15, 1999. Owners of systems that have: (a) had a leak in one or more of the system’s components, or (b) a water flow differential of 50% between the hot and cold lines that supply one or more fixtures could get benefits. A picture of the RTI Plumb-PEX Plumbing System components can be found at www.RTIsettlement.com.

WHAT

DOES THE SETTLEMENT PROVIDE?

RTI will reimburse Class members for property damage caused by a qualifying leak and pay reasonable costs associated with the repair or replacement of affected components. They will also pay reasonable costs to repair or replace affected components or possibly the entire system in structures that have had two or more qualifying leaks. Eligible Class members will have at least 18 months to ﬁle a claim even if that time period expires after their warranty. Persons and entities that have paid claims for qualifying leaks related to an RTI Plumb-PEX Plumbing System component are also included and may ﬁle a claim to be reimbursed.

HOW

DO YOU ASK FOR BENEFITS?

To request (a) a payment for past property damage or repairs, or (b) to have repairs performed on an eligible system, you must complete and submit a claim form. The earliest deadline to submit a claim form is December 26, 2013. Actual deadlines will vary

by property based on when a problem occurred and whether the system’s original warranty is still in place. Claim forms are available at www.RTIsettlement.com.

WHAT

ARE YOUR OTHER RIGHTS?

You have a choice to stay in the Class or not. If you submit a claim form or do nothing, you are choosing to stay in the Class. This means you will be legally bound by all orders and judgments of the Court, and you will not be able to sue or continue to sue RTI about the legal claims resolved by this settlement. If you stay in the Class you may object to the settlement. You or your own lawyer may also ask to appear and speak at the hearing, at your own cost, but you don’t have to. The deadline to submit objections and requests to appear is June 1, 2012. If you don’t want to stay in the Class, you must submit a request for exclusion by June 1, 2012. If you exclude yourself, you cannot get beneﬁts from this settlement, but you will keep any rights to sue RTI for the same claims in a different lawsuit. The detailed notice explains how to do all of these things.

THE

COURT’S FAIRNESS HEARING.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota will hold a hearing in this case (In Re: Uponor, Inc., F1807 Plumbing Fittings Products Liability Litig., MDL No 2247), on June 26, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. to consider whether to approve: the settlement; attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses of up to $2,400,000; $7,500 in payments to the Class Representatives, John & Helen McGregor, and a payment of $5,000 per home to nine other Class Representatives. These fees, costs, expenses and payments will be paid separately by RTI and will not reduce the amount of beneﬁts available to the Class. If approved, the settlement will release RTI from all claims listed in the Settlement Agreement. HOW DO YOU GET MORE INFORMATION? View the detailed notice and Settlement Agreement at the website, call 1-855-248-4368, or write to PlumbPEX Plumbing System Settlement, PO Box 869066, Plano, TX 75086-9066.

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Emmy’s Tips

P “You can

use whatever dressing you like in this dish. Balsamic vinaigrette is a favorite of mine.”

P “If the sun-

dried tomatoes are very dry, moisten them with a little warm water.”

P “Bake

leftover polenta with mozzarella or Roquefort for another meal later in the week.”

P “Try top-

ping polenta cakes with tomato sauce and your favorite cheese to make mini pizzas.”

Find more recipes for side dishes, main courses, and desserts at dashrecipes.com/polenta

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A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit about whether Radiant Technology, Inc. and Uponor, Inc. (“RTI” or “Defendants”) sold PlumbPEX plumbing systems with brass insert ﬁttings and stainless steel clamps that may leak and cause damage to property. Defendants deny all of the claims in the lawsuit, but have agreed to settle the case to avoid the cost and uncertainty of a trial.

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Mediterranean Vegetables With Polenta Cakes FOR THE POLENTA

11∕4 to 11∕3 cups milk 1 cup instant polenta, plus more for sprinkling on polenta cakes 2 to 3 Tbsp butter 2 to 3 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper to taste FOR THE VEGETABLE TOPPING

2 Tbsp olive oil 1 each small red,

green, and yellow bell peppers, halved and seeded 1 small zucchini, cubed 1 small eggplant, cubed 2 ∕3 cup sun-dried tomatoes, cubed 4 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed 2 Tbsp canned chopped tomatoes, strained 1 ∕4 cup bottled dressing (your choice) 2 Tbsp butter Mint leaves, for garnish

1. Bring milk to a boil over medium in a large, deep saucepan. Whisk in polenta, lower heat, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 5 minutes or until smooth. Add extra milk if mixture’s too thick. Stir in butter and Parmesan. Add salt and pepper to taste. 2. Turn out onto a greased baking sheet and spread to 5∕8-inch thickness. Let cool, then refrigerate until set. Brush 1 Tbsp oil on peppers and place, skin side up, under a hot grill until blackened. Seal in a plastic bag for 5 minutes; peel off skin and discard. Dice. 3. Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a skillet for 30 seconds. Add peppers, zucchini, eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes, and garlic. Cook over medium for about 10 minutes or until tender. Add canned tomatoes and dressing. Season with salt and pepper. 4. Cut polenta into 3-inch rounds. Sprinkle with a little dry polenta. Fry in butter in a skillet until golden brown. Place polenta cakes on serving plates. Top with vegetables, extra dressing (if desired), and mint. SERVES: 4 | PER SERVING: 320 calories, 21g carbs, 7g protein, 25g fat, 40mg cholesterol, 600mg sodium, 6g ﬁber

Diabetes and Depression Why they often show up together Given the responsibilities that come with diabetesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the monitoring, the medications, the constant selfcontrolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not surprising that people who have the condition are twice as likely to suffer from depression as those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 24-hour disease,â&#x20AC;? explains John

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