St Lucia - Coalpot Vendor

Coalpot- cooking is one of the traditional cooking methods in the islands. Although coalpots have long been replaced by more modern appliances, these distinctively shape and locally-made St Lucian coal pots sold by this 'marchand', attract clientele with an eye for the unusual.

Shading herself from the sun outside the old red-iron market in Castries, she awaits her customers and will probably advise that 'nothing tastes as good as when cooked on a coalpot'.