Summary: Deposed queens, papal politics, sugar sculptures, & Bernini- a combination that could only happen at a Baroque feast! Join us this week as we explore the politics of feasting in the 1650s when Pope Alexander VII did the unthinkable & invited a woman to dinner! Learn about sugar sculptures that cost more than a car & how the design of an armchair had the potential to make or break Bernini's career. After all, no one throws a feast like the Romans! Written & Produced by Laura Carlson For more information on Queen Christina, Baroque feasting, and the episode soundtrack, please visit us at: www.thefeastpodcast.org/episode-4-how-do-solve-a-problem-like-christina-papal-banqueting-in-1655
