Ann’s cookbooks are fun to read, make great gifts, and have plenty of ideas for your next party.  One of our favorites is by “Pioneer Woman”, a country mom on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma.  You can see her blog here.   Pioneer Woman’s baker friend, “Bakerella” has produced a cookbook, too, called “Cake Pops.”  For her blog, click here.  These two innovative women definitely have fun with food, and you will, too, when you read their books and enjoy their stories and recipes! 

The Pioneer Woman Cooks, by Ree Drummond, well known blogger and accidental country girl

Cake Pops by blogger and baker extraordinaire Bakerella

In case you were wondering, here is what a Cake Pop looks like. These adorable tigers are featured in Bakerella's cookbook.

Buying the books is a fun stop…we always want them all.  In Dallas, we found lots of new gift books for adults as well as new and favorite children’s titles.

When you are absolutely clueless about what to get Dad, default to one of our gift books.  Lots of fun titles for men, whether he likes a good read or a good laugh (or both).  Some ideas:

Ann’s loves gift books.    If you mother is rather hard to buy a gift for, perhaps she’d like one of our Texas books.    We have titles specific to Texas, with vivid, gorgeous pictures.    With a book about Texas and a package of Ann’s Texas coffee, Mom can enjoy an afternoon of travel and good food from the Lone Star State!

Gorgeous pictures and descriptions that will make your mouth water:

Fine Texas Cuisine, by Jon Bonnell

Even if you don’t throw big parties, it’s fun to live vicariously through the eyes of Rebecca Rather, who lives and works from her shop in Fredericksburg, Texas: 

Pastry Queen Parties by Rebecca Rather

 We have a customer whose father was the architect for one of the courthouses featured in this book!  Great time capsule of Texas treasures:

Historic Texas Courthouses by Matthew Andrew

Breathtaking photos of Texas scenery will inspire your next road trip to out-of-the-way Texas locales:

Lovin' The Lone Star Flag by E. Joe Deering

Add an assortment of packages of Ann’s Texas Coffee from Fredericksburg, Texas.  Bubba’s Texas Brew, Texas Velvet Hammer, Texas Gold, Mexican Vanilla, South Texas Pecan, and Lone Star’s Best, all available in an 8-10 Cup Packet.    There is always hot coffee to sample at Ann’s, so come, browse, enjoy, and get your Mom a good Mother’s Day present!

Ann's Texas Coffee from Fredericksburg, Texas. Come sample some at Ann's while you shop for your Mother's Day gift!

See you soon at Ann’s!