Heather Ann and William (Bill) Lee Claggett met at a dance at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and married in 1960. Over the years, Heather and Bill raised their family and traveled the world with the Canadian Armed Forces, and later General Motors of Canada. Heather and Bill had three sons, Stuart Lee, Charles Douglas (Doug) and James Bruce (Jay). Heather and Bill are now retired and enjoying their sunset years relaxed either at their summer home in the Thousand Islands, just outside Kingston Ontario and their winter home in Florida. Regardless of where they call home, Heather and Bill both enjoy the rewards that good cooking brings to any occasion.

Stuart and Elaine Claggett live in Springfield, Virginia (on the outskirts of Washington D.C.) with their children Heather Lee and Kelly Claggett and Bill and Alison Gawler. Stuart and Elaine are doing business process and operations consulting.

Doug Claggett lives in Kington Ontario with his children Samantha and Madison Claggett.  Doug is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces, currently on posting to the Staff College in Kingston.

Jay and Lee Claggett lives in Bolton, Ontario (on the outskirts of Toronto, Ontario) with their children Mackenzie and Victoria Claggett. Jay is an Urban Planner with a multi-national consulting firm while Lee is in school taking event planning and taking care of the family.

To learn more about each family’s favourite recipes, cooking techniques, hobbies etc, please follow the appropriate link to their webpage

The Technology

This website was created from recipes primarily compiled in MasterCook or Living Cookbook software programs. The first version of the site chose to leverage the xml format of the mastercook .MC2 format even though the software maker was not producing 100% true xml. This new version is database driven using Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0.