I wanted a basket for onions and shallots as the one I was using was a bit small, and came across this one- ostensibly a bread basket but in our case a little too big for just 2 of us! But it's just right for a dozen or so onions as we eat a lot of onions. Washed it as instructed in the video and dried very well in the sun and will only improve with age as all proper baskets will (I have one from the '50s that is still almost perfect...) Very happy to have found Prestige Wicker on Amazon