His travels abroad had convinced Peter that Russia was too backward. As tsar he wanted to apply western mercantilism to stimulate agriculture, industry and commerce. A richer Russia could only benefit the position of the tsar as more could be taxed and invested into the military.
The term Bible Diet (or the Maker's Diet) is used[by whom?] to refer to a food diet promoted on radio and in books by writer and motivational speaker Jordan S. Rubin.
3) the Pizitz Food Hall project. If you are a blog fan, you may remember that we are consultants on the Pizitz Food Hall project. (See this earlier post.) In October 2015, Bayer Properties hired us (and Mr Foodie gets credit for doing 99.9% of the work) to collaborate with their amazing team.