We here at Food & Flavor are always on the lookout for good stuff. Here are a few new things that we've recently liked. Falafel fans won't feel awful when they try these: Falafel Republic has launched a fresh, ready-made falafel with a homemade taste. (Yesterday)

Tiny little sprouts are trying to grow in my garden. In my late-season garden. Wildfire lettuce mix, two kinds of beets, a new batch of Ruby Red chard, white turnips, flat-leaf spinach and ruffled Lollo Rossa lettuce. (Yesterday)

More than 100 diners and farmers and food purveyors sat down together for a five-course, open-air dinner Saturday evening to benefit Friends of Grandview Park on Mount Washington. (Yesterday)

A PG slideshow from an Aug. 25 event that featured more than 100 diners and farmers enjoying a five-course dinner on Mount Washington. It benefited the Friends of Grandview Park. (Yesterday)

"Saving the Seasons: How to Can, Freeze or Dry Almost Anything," by Pittsburgher Susanna Meyer and her mother, hits home for those of us eating according to the whims of a new vegetable garden or bullied by a community-supported agriculture (CSA) subscription that spews too much of a good thing. (Yesterday)