You can peel stalks up to a day before cooking and store them wrapped in damp paper towels in the vegetable bin of the refrigerator. Conventional asparagus wisdom says snapping the spear breaks away the tough, fibrous end. This works well when harvesting in the field, but in the kitchen it's a sorry waste of good food.
Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse will take place on Monday, August 21, 2017. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
When is the next solar eclipse? The next solar eclipse is a partial eclipse that will take place on Feb. 15, 2018. It will be visible only from parts of Antarctica, the Atlantic Ocean and southern South America. To find out about the partial solar eclipses of 2018, check our guide.