Another place to look for similar toys is Ikea. Their selection is perhaps a little limited as compared to some of the others listed in this article, but they do offer some great toys at a very reasonable price.

i grew up with back to basics. while some of their stuff is limited-function and (IMHO) outdated and sexist (an occasional side-effect of making “old-fashioned” toys), some of it is good quality and will stand the test of time. their site also gives you the option of just browsing north american and european-made toys.

K has the pizza set and the stove here, too!

more wooden German fun: ABC Kinderladen

for those who’d rather buy american: WoodenToys.com

I couldn’t agree more with the call to rethink one’s blind acceptance of any market offering on the sole criterion of price. who said we had to make toys from plastic in the first place? I think it’s telling how our mainstream society mocks the Amish for their "backwards" ways, when in fact they have made sophisticated, conscious collective choices about what technologies they feel will improve quality of life (not just individual convenience) and what ones aren’t really necessary. not that we’d all be happy riding in horse-drawn carriages, but suffice it to say that we could all exercise a little more conscious choice when choosing between plastic, branded, non-biodegradable action figures and the good old wooden toys and games that sustained generations. jump-rope! whittling! origami! the little wooden puppets that dance around on the pallet you hold under your leg! the wooden frog percussion things (Khymi’s been playing with this at her great-uncle and -aunt’s ever since she was a toddler)! but I’m preaching to the choir.