Quisine

Quisine - fifty-five cards with one hundred and ten ingredients

Most card games want you to win. This game wants you to tell. Quisine by Anke Siebert is a set of fifty-five cards, each showing two ingredients. Draw a few and invent a meal, a story, a memory.

The cards are published by OH Verlag, known for associative image cards with no fixed meanings. Every ingredient is painted in a cheerful, expressive style with bright colours and a light hand.

What you see on the cards

Recognisable foods. Vegetables, fruit, herbs, meat, fish, pastry. All painted in clear tones against a white background. The style is realistic enough to identify immediately, but playful enough to encourage imagination.

Each card shows two different ingredients. That creates unexpected pairings: paprika and chocolate, lemon and garlic, bread and strawberry. Those combinations are what make it interesting.

How you work with them

There are no fixed rules. You can draw three cards and invent a three-course menu. You can grab a handful at random and try to think of a logical dish. Or you ask someone what their favourite meal is and draw cards until you have found it.

It works well in groups. One person lays a card, the next has to explain how it fits with the previous ingredient. Some people use the cards in writing exercises or language lessons. Others just at the table, while waiting for the food to arrive.

Draw three cards and tell why those ingredients remind you of a specific memory. It does not have to be a real recipe.

About Anke Siebert

Anke Siebert is a German illustrator who mostly creates associative image cards. Her style is direct and colourful, with attention to recognisability. Quisine is one of the card sets she developed for OH Verlag, a publisher focused on communication and creativity through image cards.

Specifications

• Number of cards: 55 cards showing a total of 110 ingredients
• Size: 89 x 129 mm
• Material: Sturdy cardstock with rounded corners
• Packaging: Colourful box
• Guidebook: Short guidebook in German (cards contain no text)
• Publisher: OH Verlag
• Illustrator: Anke Siebert

Questions we often get

Is there text on the cards themselves?
No. All cards show only images of ingredients. The short guidebook is in German, but you do not need it to play.

Can you work with these on your own?
Yes. Draw a few cards and try to invent a story, or think about which flavour appeals to you most that day. It works just as well alone as it does with others.