I do have a wooden cookbook holder similar to the one above. But for loose recipes or cookbooks with removeable binder pages, I came up with this idea which makes it super easy to follow along with a recipe:
If you have a magnetic stove hood like I do, you can simply hang up your recipe using a magnet. Of course, take it down if you're using the stove so you don't start a fire! I left mine up while cooking pancakes because I'm crazy like that - living on the edge of danger.
Hanging around like my recipes,