I've been using the "PageUp" for awhile now to do the same thing. They used to be really easy to find and lots of office supply stores, but I had to go to the Container Store to get it recently.

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=pageup#q=pageup&hl=en&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbs=shop:1&ei=qH9-TczqMOqY0QH2_NTwAw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=5&ved=0CCEQ_AUoBA&biw=1280&bih=909&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=80b737a1b0d6af3

I use my magnetic knife rack to hold recipes. and knives.

Cool idea but I still prefer viewing my recipes on my laptop.

I second the PageUp. I used it in high school and college to hold reference pages as I typed papers too.

However, this would make a neat gift as it's definitely more aesthetically pleasing. Kind of like a little sculpture. I couldn't justify buying it for myself, but I could see getting one for my mom for Christmas (who has recently discovered the magic of recipes on the internet).

I use a magnet on the vent hood which works well as its out of the way and at eye level

Yeah, I just use a teeny bit of that poster-hanging sticky-stuff and put it on the cabinet door. It's re-usable hundreds of times and costs just a dollar at...the dollar store.

Leaving the recipe flat on the countertop has never ever bothered me.

Bringing the iPhone in the kitchen isn't that hard. Actually, I usually bring the whole laptop, but for recipes with a bunch of intermediate stages and rests, the iPhone's less trouble.

We installed one of those rails like the kind that hold orders in restaurant kitchens--cheap at the resto-supply store.

I clip printouts to my baker’s rack with a clothes pin. It’s easy and actually looks kind of cute. Although, more often than not I just set my laptop on the counter.

My parents have old, metal cabinets in their kitchen and years ago my mom realized she could just stick a recipe card (or one cut out from the NY Times) onto a cabinet front with a magnet. I like my wooden cabinets, but have always admired her ingenuity.

I just pick up the printout with messy hands. I'm probably gonna throw it out later anyways.

I've used tape and stuck it to the upper cabinets so it's at eye level. But since I have an open floor plan, this would work out well for when I work at the breakfast bar.

To those of you who bring expensive laptops and ipods into the kitchen - all it takes is one splosh to realize printouts are a lot cheaper to throw out when soggy. Besides, if you're using the stovetop/oven all that added moisture/heat in the air is probably not great for them either.

I second the folks who recommend repurposing a typing stand-- I know when we order them at the office they're a lot less than ten bucks. They also don't have a magnetic bobble to lose.

I've always just set my printouts on the counter or set my laptop on the table (slightly removed from the kitchen to avoid splashes, but still convenient).

I just close mine in my cabinet door - it has those little stopper sticker things (so the doors don't slam), and if you get the paper between that and the cabinet it just hangs there nicely. Of course this only works if your cabinets are next to your stove like mine.

I used to have 3 of these from Levenger, but I forget what they called them. Now I just use the cabinet door to hold the paper. I gave my mom the paper holders years ago.

Aren't those magnetic balls also serious health hazards for young children? If swallowed, they can "stick" to each other in the intestinal track and cause a perforation leading to sepsis.

Probably not a great idea to have if one has young children in the house.

I use a bag clip (those really long ones for potato chips) that has a magnet on the back. I put the recipe in the clip and then magnet to my vent hood. It is long enough to hold my recipe flat even if there is air currents blowing stuff around and it's at eye height, but out of the splatter zone.

I've always just left the pages on the counter while I cook since my main prep area is an open counter, but some of these other ideas are making me want to move my prep area to one with cabinets just so that i can hang my recipes from them. :-P

just a binder clip works for me!

I have two decorative little clips stuck onto my upper cabinet doors (mine have removable adhesive backs, but you could use whatever.)

They look pretty, and hold my recipes at eye level. Perfect!

How funny! a great many people took umbrage at the very suggestion that they may like an alternative way to hold/view recipes. I'm sure no offence was intended !!!

I second the use of poster putty on the cabinet. Honestly I keep a little ball of it on the inside of the cabinet door, then when I want to hang a recipe I can put it on whichever cabinet that is closest to the prep area and stick the printout on it.
When I try to just have my laptop open it makes me frustrated as I walk back and forth from the "safe" zone for the computer to the cooking area.

My printouts are in clear 3-hole sheet protectors and stored in a binder. I just stand the binder up on against the back of my counter. It makes it easier to just wipe the page off when something spills. If I do happen to bring my laptop into the kitchen I cover the keyboard with plastic wrap just to be safe.

or you could save a bunch and use a cliboard