The pants-hanger-as-cookbook-holder has been receiving a lot of attention these days. (If you haven't heard of this yet, see video clip below.) It is a handy tip, and reminds me how often I use a bull clip to hold my recipes up and at eye level in my kitchen.
The pants hanger method is great for smaller not-too-heavy cookbooks, but if you don't have a cabinet above your work area, it might not be so handy. For years I've kept a bull clip nailed to a shelf at my kitchen workstation. This makes it easy to have my recipe up and out of the cooking fray and at eye level for easy reference. Of course, this is for recipes written on a card or torn from a magazine only. Still, it has proved to be very useful.
If you don't have a place to nail in a bull clip, you can usually find magnetized versions to put on your refrigerator or other metal surface. The one pictured above came from Target and cost just a few dollars for two.
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YAY! I have been looking for those exact magnetized clips, but I had no idea of the name, so all my searches ended up showing me crappy little clips where the magnet could barely hold itself to the fridge, much less my recipe (or child's artwork).
Then, I see them here. BULL CLIPS! Two minutes later, I have logged onto Amazon, typed in the search, found a pack of clips from a reputable brand, read the review that say the magnet is strong, and purchased them!
It's the little things.
Don't let your cousins over at tech.apartmenttherapy.com see this -- they'd recommend getting an iPad and iPad stand for your recipes instead... what's an extra $600 or so :)
Instead of nailing the clip, you can use those 3M sticky strips used for their hooks. I have been using a bull clip stuck to my cabinet to hold recipes for years and I LOVE it!
I've been taping them to my cabinets.
I use magnet to hold the recipe on my magnetic knife rack.
Simple and effective I use the magnetic bag clips in the same fashion.