Strobaek Blog

I love books and I happened to marry a woman with the same passion, so between us we have quite a few; I have lost count, but somewhere between 3 and 4 thousand. I used to have them all cataloged, but lost the “list” during a computer upgrade some time back.

I am using Delicious Library 2 to catalog our books, absolute the best program to catalog your books, movies, music and you name it. It can sync with your iPhone/Touch, so now I will never get in a situation where I have bought the same book twice, because it sounded real nice in the book store, but I could not remember if I had it already – maybe I’m just getting old, but it has actually happened a few times.

I still have a long way to go, but the ever expanding list can always be viewed here (or here if you have an iPhone).

I have always had a passion for good food or rather gourmet food and the cooking of such. Ever since high school, where I was able to seduce my female classmates with dishes like Coniglio alla Provenzale, Osso Buco or if time was scarce Pizza Gorgenzola, I have enjoyed the tranquility of preparing a gourmet meal for my friends and loved ones.

During my time studying economics at the University of Copenhagen, I have spend many evenings producing ‘physical stuff’ after spending the day with more or less abstract subjects within the fields of micro economics or game theory.

I will never reach the level of my good friend Mark – who actually cares if you should use blood oranges for sauce Maltaise or not – and these days, with screaming kids demanding ever increasing amounts of food, it is seldom that I actually have the time to engage in big gourmet productions. Once in a while, we do make time to cook and fill up the freezer with everything from spring rolls over lasagna to pirogues and frikadeller (Danish meat balls).

Bone Appétit.