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Cook with the recipe up top.

You are cooking with a browser tab open, and every time you switch windows the recipe vanishes. TopShelf pins any recipe page (or YouTube cooking video, or note in your recipe app) as a floating always-on-top window on your Mac. Chop, stir, taste, and glance at the next step without touching a greasy screen.

How to do it with TopShelf

  1. 1 Open TopShelf from the menu barClick the TopShelf icon in the macOS menu bar.
  2. 2 Paste the recipe URLPaste the URL for the recipe you are following. Serious Eats, NYT Cooking, Bon Appetit, Allrecipes, a favorite food blog, a YouTube tutorial, anything with a URL works.
  3. 3 Prop your Mac in the kitchenResize the floating window so the recipe stays readable from cutting-board distance. TopShelf keeps it above every other window so it never gets buried.

Also works with

Serious EatsNYT CookingBon AppetitAllrecipesFood blogsYouTube cookingNotion recipesApple Notes (web)

Any recipe on any website, plus YouTube cooking videos, saved Notion recipes, or personal notes with a shareable URL.

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