I live in New York, which means my kitchen is minuscule. Space is sacred, and even the most enticing PR package offers are usually a hard pass — I simply don’t have the room. But when Material, a minimalist kitchenware brand, sent me The Base — an elegantly engineered wooden kitchen countertop organizer — something told me it was worth a little rearranging.
So, I made an executive decision: the air fryer (which, candidly, I hadn’t touched since summer 2023) had to go. After a week of cooking, coexisting, and getting very cozy with The Base (because, again, my kitchen is small), here are my honest thoughts.
