I figured out where to put my recipe or my cookbook when I'm cooking/baking.

[no_hypocrisy]

My counterspace is full (e.g., workspace, 9 days of supplements meted in bottles, the radio).

I bought a used music stand from a consignment shop. Not the flimsy silver ones. A big black one that school bands use. It's perfect. Doesn't take much space and holds the recipe/cookbook at useful level and angle.

Why didn't I think of this in the first place?

[Sherman A1]

1. Excellent!

A good repurposing of the item.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. Wow! I have one of those in the garage, out it comes!

Great idea!

[Glamrock]

3. That's pretty slick!

[Callalily]

4. That's a great idea!

Now why didn't I think of that! *sigh*

[Arkansas Granny]

5. I liked this idea if the cookbook isn't too thick.

[True Blue American]

6. Neat!

Easy too!

[Bob Loblaw]

9. Brilliant

nt

[japple]

7. Great ideas in this thread! I've also pulled open a drawer and placed a cutting board

over it to cover the contents. Works as extra counter space or a place to put your recipe/cookbook if your cabinet doors don't have knobs or handles.

[think4yourself]

8. Brills!

That is awesome!

[OregonBlue]

10. Great ideas for a small kitchen!!

[Sancho]

11. Hate to say it but my decades of cookbooks are disappearing...

most are on a shelf in a hall closet...now using Alexa or a tablet more often.

I have a music stand, but I've never brought it into the kitchen...next time that I need to prop up a cookbook I'll try it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. My Nook has rescued me from limited counter space.

I copy the recipes in a pdf file, the Nook lets me make the letters bigger or smaller, depending on what I need, by screen touch.

Strange to have treasured cookbooks collecting dust, tho.

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. Excellent idea!

I'm always keen to make culinary improvements

Along with Sancho's comment about tablets taking the place of paper recipes...why not put the tablet on the stand?

[PennyK]

13. Don't want to be a buzzkill...

...but cookbook holders are a thing.
I bought one about a year ago and love it. It holds my recipe at just the correct angle for me to glance at and folds to take up almost no space when not needed.
And bonus: I started using it to read books when my eyelids started drooping. I just had the surgery, so now my cookbook holder can go back to kitchen duty.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. I have one too. But I don't have counterspace or table space to put the cookbook holder.