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How To Reduce Stress

Or, in some cases, cause it

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Liza Donnelly
Nov 07, 2023
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The caption for the above drawing went through a few variations. One version was, “When I cook, it’s to relieve stress. When Raph cooks, it causes it.” I didn’t like that caption for some reason. The one I finally settled on seems to flow better, perhaps, and is less judgmental on the woman’s part. She’s just stating a fact.

What do you do to relieve stress?

Here’s another food cartoon I did for The New Yorker not that long ago.

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