The toy kitchen of the invention has a variety of play features, including
a countertop, a stove top arrangement, a sink, an answering machine and
telephone, and a cookbook. The toy kitchen includes a control system that
receives and processes inputs from several switches associated with the
various play features. The disclosed stove top arrangement includes a pair
of simulated burners on which a child may place a utensil. A switch is
placed beneath each burner to sense an object that has been placed on a
burner. A simulated cookbook is mounted on the countertop. The cookbook
includes a page that is pivotally mounted to the cookbook base so that it
can be turned by the child user. When the page is turned to either side of
the cookbook, it engages a switch on the cookbook base. When an object is
placed on one of the burners, the sound output by the control system
varies depending on which side of the page engages the switch.