Doctor recommends chicken soup, but not for the soul.

doctor tells patient to try chicken soup

Homemade chicken soup is out of this world, but I rarely get to have it! I don’t cook much, but I made it myself a couple of times, and it was time consuming but worth it! *Update: Trader Joe’s Kettle Cooked Chicken Soup is pretty addictive, too.

On the other hand, Chicken Soup for the Soul books… not so much. I have cartoons in quite a few of them on various topics, but I’m not fond of their business plan. They used to pay competitively and fairly, but now they are way below market price, so I had to drop them. Too bad, it was fun to think up cartoons for their various subjects.

I think they must inspire a lot of people, however, else why so popular? You mean it’s the 4th grade reading level people like? No way, it’s all the cartoons!

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ID #2512743       Caption: Well, I can’t help you, but I’m giving you the name of a diner with the best chicken soup… (Doctor tells patient he can’t cure her illness or cold, but maybe chicken soup can.)

Donna Barstow

Donna Barstow

Syndicated cartoonist in the New Yorker, LA Times, Harvard Business Review, Slate, textbooks, papers. Columnist for 10 years in Psychology Today. Set painter in studio Art Depts. Member Scriptwriters Network, script analyst. Author, 2 hardcopy books, Barnes & Noble Calendar.