I’m so excited to finally share my advance copy of The Modern Pioneer Pantry with you! In this video, I give you a full walk-through of the book and show you everything it includes—from food preservation basics to over 115 recipes for water bath canning, pressure canning, drying and dehydrating, fermenting, freezing, and pickling. (Plus, I’ll let you know how to request your free signed bookplate!)
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Table of Contents
- A Quick Glance: The Modern Pioneer Pantry
- Why I Wrote The Modern Pioneer Pantry
- What You’ll Find Inside the Modern Pioneer Pantry
- The Modern Pioneer Pantry
- 🎁 Get a Free Signed Bookplate—Just for You!
- A Cookbook You Can Use Year After Year
- The Modern Pioneer Cookbook
- Download Your Free 36-Page Pantry List
- Join the Traditional Foods Kitchen Academy
- Kitchen Academy Videos
- Shop for My Favorite Items
A Quick Glance: The Modern Pioneer Pantry
- 115 original, traditional recipes for preserving and using real food
- Step-by-step guides for water bath and pressure canning, drying and dehydrating, fermenting, freezing, and pickling foods
- Recipes for appetizers, sides, main dishes, baked goods, and even desserts using your preserved foods
- Tips for stocking your Four Corners Pantry: Working Pantry, Fridge, Freezer, and Extended “Prepper” Pantry
- Chapters are laid out in an easy-to-follow format so you can jump right in, no matter your experience level
Why I Wrote The Modern Pioneer Pantry
This book is the second in my Modern Pioneer Cookbook Series, and it’s near and dear to my heart. After years of hearing from you that you wanted to learn how to safely preserve food at home—and then actually use what you preserved to make nutritious and delicious meals—I knew this was the book I needed to write.
Just like my first bestselling book, The Modern Pioneer Cookbook, my second cookbook, The Modern Pioneer Pantry, is packed with helpful information yet remains approachable. It’s a practical, everyday guide that helps you build your traditional foods kitchen one jar, one batch, and one beautiful homecooked meal at a time.
What You’ll Find Inside the Modern Pioneer Pantry
Each chapter of this book builds on the last, but you don’t have to read it cover to cover. Feel free to skip around based on what preservation method you’re most excited to learn! You have eight chapters and over 115 recipes to learn everything you need to know about home food preservation.
📝 Here is what each chapter covers:
- 🏡 Chapter One: The Four Corners Pantry
- 🍅 Chapter Two: All About Home Canning
- 🫙 Chapter Three: All About Water Bath Canning
- 🫙 Chapter Four: All About Pressure Canning
- 🌿 Chapter 5: All About Drying and Dehydrating
- 🧅 Chapter 6: All About Fermentation
- ❄️ Chapter 7: All About Frozen Food Preservation
- 🥒 Chapter 8: All About Pickling
And if the term Four Corners Pantry is new to you, don’t worry. I cover it completely in Chapter One. And best of all—as you work your way through The Modern Pioneer Pantry, you’ll learn how to preserve foods to stock all Four Corners!
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The Modern Pioneer Pantry
Simple ingredients, timeless techniques, and a well-stocked pantry. Discover over 100 nourishing recipes to preserve food and turn pantry staples into homemade meals. Build a wholesome, traditional pantry—just like a modern pioneer!
🎁 Get a Free Signed Bookplate—Just for You!
If you preordered The Modern Pioneer Pantry, thank you so much! ❤️ And be sure to request your FREE signed bookplate as a special thank you. This is my gift to you, sweet friend, for supporting this next step in our traditional foods journey together.
⏳ But don’t wait—this offer is only available for a limited time while preorders are open!
✍️ I can’t wait to sign one just for you! ✍️
A Cookbook You Can Use Year After Year
The Modern Pioneer Pantry isn’t just a cookbook—it’s a manual for continuing your traditional foods journey that we started together with The Modern Pioneer Cookbook, and now continue on that journey as we build confidence in the kitchen when it comes to how to preserve food.
Whether you’re preserving garden produce, buying in bulk to save money, or just want to be more self-sufficient, this book gives you the tools to succeed. (And get to know more about my new book, be sure to watch my Chapter-by-Chapter Tour of The Modern Pioneer Pantry Cookbook video.)
My goal is to help you feel like your kitchen is your refuge…a place where you can nourish your family with love, tradition, and real food that lasts.
❤️ Thank you, sweet friend, for your support. I can’t wait to hear what you preserve first!
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The Modern Pioneer Cookbook
Seasonal ingredients, traditional techniques, and nourishing recipes. Over 85 traditional, from-scratch recipes! Discover for yourself how you can use simple ingredients and traditional techniques to cook the modern pioneer way.
Download Your Free 36-Page Pantry List
For an extensive list of the traditional foods you can make and purchase to stock your pantry, be sure to download my free 36-page Traditional Foods Pantry List. This comprehensive eBook is full of links to recipe videos, helpful articles, and more!
Join the Traditional Foods Kitchen Academy
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Kitchen Academy Videos
Why We Should Incorporate Mackerel Into Our Diet
Easy and nourishing ways to enjoy mackerel into your meals.
The Gentle Power of Fermented Beverages—All Year Long
Learn how fermented beverages gently support digestion year-round, shifting with the seasons to nourish the gut through traditional, living drinks.
How to Make Oatmeal Higher in Protein (The Old-Fashioned Way)
Turn simple oats into a hearty, protein-rich porridge.
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- Order The Modern Pioneer Pantry - Get Mary's latest hardcover cookbook about preserving food and making delicious meals from your Four Corners Pantry. Mary's second cookbook is also published by Penguin Random House.
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Recommended Reading
- The Modern Pioneer Cookbook (Get the Kindle edition for $1.99—Limited time only!)
- The Modern Pioneer Pantry
- Nourishing Traditions
Both of these books are beautiful and packed with so much information. I ordered the Modern Pioneer Pantry in February, and just received it today, but I didn’t find the signed nameplate which I thought was supposed to come with the book. Am I still able to receive one? Thank you.
Hi Connie,
Thank you so much for preordering The Modern Pioneer Pantry back in February! Wow! That was when my second cookbook was first posted for presales.
Today, August 19, 2025, is The Modern Pioneer Pantry’s official publication day, and that is when retailers can deliver the books and make them available to customers.
Since you preordered my book (thank you!), I gather you also requested a signed bookplate from the Penguin Random House (PRH) form. The signed bookplates are sent out separately from the books, and they will take up to five weeks to arrive. (The PRH team needed to wait until the bookplate request form closed yesterday, when presales ended, before sending me the bookplates to sign. Once I receive them, I’ll send them back to the PRH team, and then they’ll send the bookplates out to everyone who requested them, including you, my sweet friend!)
I’m so sorry for any confusion that the book and bookplate would be sent out at the same time. I’m so happy you received my second book, and your bookplate should arrive from your PRH team within 5 weeks. If you have not received it by then, please let me know, and I’ll find a way to get you one.
Thank you again for your kindness and faith in me for preordering my book when it first came out. I’m so sorry for the delay in the bookplate being sent to you, but please know that it will be on its way, or I’ll work with you to make everything right.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy The Modern Pioneer Pantry and all the recipes inside! 🙂
Love and God bless,
Mary