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This week’s word: Lighter

Leggera. Now, what could this be all about? Have the food science boffins at Pizza Express invented a remarkable new lighter kind of dough that somehow has fewer calories yet retains the same delicious taste? Not exactly. Instead they have hit on the idea of cutting a big hole out of the middle of your pizza, then camouflaging it on your plate by brushing some salad leaves over it so you don’t see what’s missing. It reminds me of a jungle man-trap from a Tarzan movie. Your knife and fork mysteriously disapper into the vegetation and when you rake around for some solid ground, there’s nothing there.

So yes, it’s lighter – literally. Well done Pizza Express!

For a moment I wondered what happened to the bit they cut away. But Pizza Express has also recently introduced a children’s menu, featuring a small, round, pizza. Genius…