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Vegetable peelings go straight into the compost pile for future use in the restaurant's garden.
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Many of the restaurants’ sauces and stocks were made using vegetable stalks, trimmings, peelings and bruised fruits that are not attractive enough to display.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The top 2 feet of dirt at the Michigan Avenue site was scraped off and hauled away because of contamination from lead paint peelings from the houses that once stood there.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Many of the restaurants’ sauces and stocks were made using vegetable stalks, trimmings, peelings and bruised fruits that are not attractive enough to display.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The top 2 feet of dirt at the Michigan Avenue site was scraped off and hauled away because of contamination from lead paint peelings from the houses that once stood there.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Peeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peeling. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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peeling
noun
peel·ing
ˈpē-liŋ 
: a peeled-off piece or strip (as of skin or rind)
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