Last weekend I was hunting around for some good cheese to put out for company. The selection wasn’t great (maybe all the delivery people were watching the Canada/U.S. hockey game?) but one wheel caught my eye. It didn’t name the type of cheese (though honestly, even if it had I probably wouldn’t have had much of a clue — I’m cheese-ignorant for the most part). It just said that it was part of the “Masterpieces” collection, and that this particular cheese was named “Vincent.” What makes this collection fun is that the rind of each wheel is decorated with a painting by the cheese’s namesake artist.

There in front of me was a wheel of Vincent cheese, so I did what anyone would have done: I picked up the wedge that depicted Vincent’s ear.