Alex Drum Hawkes (1927–1977) was an American botanist and cookbook author that lived in Coconut Grove, Florida & Kingston, Jamaica. Alex specialized in orchids, bromeliads, palm trees, fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Named the orchid genus Flickingeria, and travelled the world extensively, particularly the Caribbean & Latin America during the 1940s - 1970s collecting plants.
Cookbooks & Recipes
COOKERY NOTES (1960s-70s) Coconut Grove, Florida (FL.) Recipes by Alex D. HawkesSouth Florida Cookery: Unique Recipes from the Tropics and Elsewhere (1964) Wake-Brook House, Coral Gables, FloridaTropical Cookery (1960s)The Shrimp Cookbook: 140 Wonderful Ways To Serve Shrimp (1966) Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago, IllinoisA World of Vegetable Cookery: An encyclopedic treasury of recipes, botany, and lore of the vegetable kingdom (1968) Simon & Schuster, New York [Rev. ed. 1984] illustrations by Bill GoldsmithCooking with vegetables : an encyclopedic treasury of recipes, botany, and lore of the vegetable kingdom (REVISED)Eating Out in Jamaica: A Unique Guide to Good Eating (1971) DMP Publications Ltd., Kingston, JamaicaThe Rum Cookbook (1972) William Collins & Sangster, JamaicaThe Flavors of The Caribbean & Latin America: a personal collection of recipes (1977) Viking, New York illustrations by Lynda WestNewspapers / TV / Radio
Garden Club of the Air (1960) WTHS-TV, Miami,FloridaThe Miami Herald (1960s)Miami News (1960s)The Tropical Gardener (1961) WTHS-TV, Miami,FloridaTropical Gardener (1962) Radio - WFFG, Marathon, Florida Keys (World's Finest Fishing Grounds)St. Petersburg Times 'Florida Cookery' (Late 1960s)The Lakeland Ledger 'Sub-Tropic Cookery', Florida (1970s - 1977)Jamaica Gleaner (1960s - 1977) Kingston, Jamaica'What's Cooking' Radio Jamaica (1970s)Botanical Works
The Major Kinds of Palms (1950 - 1952) Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coconut Grove / Coral Gables, FloridaThe Orchid Journal An International Review of Orchidology (1952 - 1953) Berkeley, California - Official Publication of The International Palm SocietyOrchid Papers (1950s) Coconut Grove, FloridaPalm Papers (1950s) Coconut Grove, FloridaBromeliad Papers (1950s) Coconut Grove, FloridaOrchids Their Botany & Culture (1961) Harper & Brothers, New YorkTropics Magazine (1962) © Alex D. HawkesThe Four Arts Garden : history and catalogue of the labeled plants (1964) Garden Club of Palm Beach, FloridaEncyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids, an illustrated descriptive manual of the members of the Orchidaceae currently in cultivation (1965) Faber & Faber, LondonGuide to Plants of the Everglades National Park (1965) Tropic Isle Publishers, Coral Gables, FloridaWild Flowers of Jamaica (1974) Collins & Sangster, Great Britain illustrations by Brenda C. SuttonIllustrated Plants of Jamaica (1974) J. Wray & Nephew, Jamaica
