his best known works are "isoäidin kermakakku" ("the grandmother's cream cake"), "oman äidin lihapullat" ("the own mother's meat balls"), "punainen tupa ja erämaa. rikkaan arjen allakka" ("the red cottage and the wilds. the almanac of rich everyday life") (with seppo saraspää), "wanhan ajan joulu" ("christmas of the old time"), olaus magnus: "suomalaiset pohjoisten kansojen historiassa" ("finnish people in the history of nordic folks") (edited) and "linnut" ("the birds").