High Quality Play Food?

[Miss A]

I have been looking for high quality play food to invest in, such as Learning Resources brand. I have been reading reviews, and many of them are mixed.

I wish things weren't made so cheaply these days. I also wish I had saved my toys from when I was little. I had the best Fisher Price kitchen set, with awesome food sets. The food was hard plastic too, and not cheap or cardboard!

[SnowGirl]

I'm not sure if this is the quality that you're looking for, but I get the fabric play food from IKEA. Not only is it at a great price, but that food looks so interesting and the children love it.
I also have a wooden set from Melissa and Doug. I plan on breaking that out later in the year when my toddlers are a little bit older.

[Unregistered]

The felt set from Ikea is great! I also have a few sets of Plan Toys wooden food and they are wonderful too!

[Blackcat31]

I buy a lot of the "rubber-like" foods from Lake Shore or Kaplan Early Childhood catalogs. They last a long time and are washable too.

My littles (infants/toddlers) have fabric and crocheted food items in their kitchen centers. They are washable too!

[spedmommy4]

I like the rubber sets from Lakeshore too. Everything I've purchased from Lakeshore so far has been really high quality, so I check them if I'm looking for something that I want to last a long time.

[Hunni Bee]

Learning Resources.

I went to the NAEYC conference this past fall and there was so much cute stuff in their booth. Salad sets, waffle sets, kabobs, sushi. I wanted to buy it all.

I have a few sets of their "Healthy Living" food baskets in my room - it is super detailed and realistic, the correct portion sizes for kids and very durable. I love it.