[She pulls her hood down for a better view of the room and stands right up again from the couch. She's been granted some time to snoop, but not much, so she might as well make the best of it.]

If it worked, then I don't see why he would discard it.

[She rolls her shoulders in a shrug as she begins her haphazard search, throwing open a drawer in the coffee table, picking up random books and flipping through them... All while making no effort at all to hide the fact that she has.]

Though, I very much doubt we will find anything in here. I'd be very surprised if he was so careless as to leave a recipe like that sitting out.