Money may be tight, but Washington grew two million more boxes of apples this year than growers expected! The surplus is in Golden Delicious and Gala apples. To celebrate, we recommend you bake an apple pie. You may also want to sing a few rounds of this lusty ode to 'apples' by Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Favorite apple recipes? Stick 'em in the comments. We like tart apples (anything but green apples, which seem to make our throats swell up) sliced thin and dipped in peanut butter. more ›