While whipping up a storm in the kitchen, avoid messy spills and dangerous slips by placing a folded damp hand towel or a piece of nonslip cabinet liner under the mixing bowl. This trick also comes in handy when you're working with your chopping board, mortar and pestle, or salad spinner.

been doing that for decades............

That IS a great tip for folks, HC! And to take it even a step further. If you find yourself using a large, rounded-bottom bowl and it wobbles around like hell when whisking super-hard, as in the case of an extra-large batch of hollandaise, place the damp towel in another very shallow bowl- or in the case of commercial kitchens, in a metal plate cover like some fancy places use- and it'll help you secure and steady that huge bowl that's heavy w/ a big 'ol load!

Another added bonus to using the damp cloth under your cutting board is it quiets the chopping noise- helps with the noise load a lot! In a kitchen with a dozen cooks chopping up a storm, this minimizes noise TONS!

Kev -

I do a lot with my stainless bowls as well and they are quite rounded on the bottom - so a good cure for that is grabbing the ring from my wok - holds it in place - no problem.

for round bottom bowls I spin the towel into a rat tail and make a loop on the counter.