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. Hawkes
South Florida Cookery: Unique Recipes from the Tropics and Elsewhere (1964) Wake-Brook House, Coral Gables, Florida
Tropical Cookery (1960s)
The Shrimp Cookbook: 140 Wonderful Ways To Serve Shrimp (1966) Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago, Illinois
A 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 Goldsmith
Cooking 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, Jamaica
The Rum Cookbook (1972) William Collins & Sangster, Jamaica
The Flavors of The Caribbean & Latin America: a personal collection of recipes (1977) Viking, New York illustrations by Lynda West
Newspapers / TV / Radio
Garden Club of the Air (1960) WTHS-TV, Miami,Florida
The Miami Herald (1960s)
Miami News (1960s)
The Tropical Gardener (1961) WTHS-TV, Miami,Florida
Tropical 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, Florida
The Orchid Journal An International Review of Orchidology (1952 - 1953) Berkeley, California - Official Publication of The International Palm Society
Orchid Papers (1950s) Coconut Grove, Florida
Palm Papers (1950s) Coconut Grove, Florida
Bromeliad Papers (1950s) Coconut Grove, Florida
Orchids Their Botany & Culture (1961) Harper & Brothers, New York
Tropics Magazine (1962) © Alex D. Hawkes
The Four Arts Garden : history and catalogue of the labeled plants (1964) Garden Club of Palm Beach, Florida
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids, an illustrated descriptive manual of the members of the Orchidaceae currently in cultivation (1965) Faber & Faber, London
Guide to Plants of the Everglades National Park (1965) Tropic Isle Publishers, Coral Gables, Florida
Wild Flowers of Jamaica (1974) Collins & Sangster, Great Britain illustrations by Brenda C. Sutton
Illustrated Plants of Jamaica (1974) J. Wray & Nephew, Jamaica
