For years I've been looking for a smart, simple way to display a printed recipe so that it's easily accessible while I'm making a mess on the kitchen counter. (And yes, I view recipes on my smartphone all the time now, but that can get annoying too, with the scrolling and the screen going black every few seconds.) I think I've found a solution. The next time you have a recipe from a magazine-newspaper-relatively thin recipe book, clamp a trouser hanger (you know, with the two little grippies) onto the paper. This works in two ways: It holds open the magazine-cookbook, and if you hang it from something above the counter, it gets the recipe out of the way of the ingredients and at eye level. Another tip for making sure your printed recipe stays safe from food splatter during cooking: Insert it into a gallon-size zip-top bag.
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