A good gift is a cookbook for someone who likes to read about the lifestyle of the place and chef that created the recipes.  Visit B&B’s across America, Fredericksburg, Texas, and a ranch in Rio Frio, Texas with these beautiful gift books filled with recipes and good reads.

“Best Recipes from American’s Country Inns and Bed & Breakfasts,” by Kitty and Lucian Maynard, is just what we mean.  Not only can you find new recipes, you can read about the inn or B&B that serves them to their customers.   Who knows?  Maybe you’ll visit and see for yourself! 

Want to party like they do in Fredericksburg, Texas?  Visit in the comfort of your armchair by enjoying Rebecca Rather’s “Pastry Queen Parties.”   Rebecca is the chef of Rather Sweet Bakery & Cafe and local caterer extraordinaire.  Her book and its pictures will soon have you planning a trip to taste for yourself.

Live the Texas ranch life through Paula Disbrowe’s book, “Cowboy Cuisine.”  Paula gave up life in New York City, where she was a chef and food writer, for boots and cowboy cooking at a ranch in Rio Frio, Texas.  She now divides her time between Whistle Berry Ranch in Nueces Canyon, Texas, and Austin, Texas.  Her book is a wild ride in Texas food and fun.

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!