Sometimes I have to pinch myself to realize I’ve been writing about Northwest food and wine for close to 20 years now. I’ve watched the publishing industry move from a plethora of bricks-and-mortar bookstores to gigantic online presences; bluelines shift to four-color galleys; and 900-page manuscripts sent to editors in cardboard boxes via the United States post office morph into totally online submissions.

Here’s an excellent article on the “good-old” days of publishing sent along by my literary agent, Lisa Ekus of The Lisa Ekus Group. It brought back many fond memories and reminded me how much has changed in close to two decades!