Alex Drum Hawkes
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 genera Flickingeria, and Paraphalaenopsis and travelled the world extensively, particularly the Caribbean & Latin America during the 1940s - 1970s collecting plants & authentic regional recipes.
Alex Drum Hawkes | |
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Born | 1927 Houlton, ME |
Died | 1977 Kingston, Jamaica |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | University of Miami |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany Cooking |
Author abbrev. (botany) | A.D.Hawkes |
Publications
Cookbooks and recipes
- Editor of The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Editor of 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 Photography by Maria La Yacona
- The Flavors of The Caribbean & Latin America: a personal collection of recipes (1977) Viking, New York illustrations by Lynda West Compiled & Foreword by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz
Newspapers, television and 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 Gardener's Pocketbook (1950) The National Horticultural Magazine
- 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 Orchid Society
- Orchid Weekly (1958-1967) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Palm Papers (1950s) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Bromeliad Papers (1958-1967) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Tropical Plants (1950s-1960s) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Cultural Directions For Orchids (1959) The Horticultural Publications
- Orchids Their Botany & Culture (1961) Harper & Brothers, New York
- Tropics Magazine (1962) © Alex D. Hawkes (The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida)
- 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
- A Plantman's Guide to Jamaica (1969)
- Wild Flowers of Jamaica (1974) Collins & Sangster, Great Britain illustrations by Brenda C. Sutton
- Illustrated Plants of Jamaica (1974) J. Wray & Nephew, Jamaica
Hommages
The following plants or genera were named by Alex D. Hawkes or in his honor:
- Genera
- (Orchidaceae) Flickingeria
- (Orchidaceae) Grafia
- (Orchidaceae) Helleriella
- (Orchidaceae) Hellerorchis
- (Orchidaceae) Katherinea
- (Orchidaceae) Mendoncella
- (Orchidaceae) Paraphalaenopsis
- Hybrids
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