Chateaubriand, Cherimoyas at Today's Market

Grass-fed chateaubriand, Canadian bacon, ginger tea, and a new cheese vendor are a few of the finds at today's Manhattan Beach Farmers Market, downtown at 13th Street and Morningside Drive until 4 p.m. 

Last week's new addition to the market, Novy Ranches, is back again with a selection of grass-fed beef, including chateaubriand at $15 a pound.

Cheese vendor René is new to the market this week with an amazing selection of cheese, according to market manager Susan Hillyer. Smoked chipotle cheddar is just one of the many flavorful cheeses.

Atkins is at the market today with blood and pink navel oranges, cherimoyas and guavas. Valley Center has delicious haas avocados and cara cara and pink navel oranges while Ha's organic apples include fuji, pink lady, and granny smith, all great for healthy snacking, says Hillyer. Arnett Farms has a nice selection of citrus. Hillyer says you have to try their golden nugget mandarin, mouth-wateringly juicy and delicious and available for about only the next three weeks.

Jaime Farms has gorgeous beef steak tomatoes, including Betty Boy, which is very juicy and sweet, she says.

JR Organics is loaded with peppers, red carrots, beets, fennel, delicate and sweet kale, and countless other fresh-picked vegetables and greens.

ABC Rhubarb's herbs are looking as if they were picked within the hour, notes Hillyer, and are crisp and full of flavor.

The flowers and plants at today's market include orchids, red anthurium-obaki variety, and the Queensland black bean green plant that blooms in yellow/orange.

If you're looking for sauces or sausages, perhaps for a Super Bowl party, stop by Schreiner's, where Canadian bacon and 18 flavors of preservative-free sausages are available to choose from. Five sausages are made from all-white meat chicken. Stop by Dominico's Foods to discover the world of sauces containg goodies such as artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomato and black olive. Ask them how versatile their sauces are and for recipe recommendations.

Dave's has ginger tea, particularly good when feeling under the weather and simply good for winter.

The MB Farmers Market is held every Tuesday rain or shine. It opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 4 p.m. this time of year.