Building upon her bestselling The Modern Pioneer Cookbook, Mary Bryant Shrader returns with her second cookbook, The Modern Pioneer Pantry, a comprehensive guide to preserving food using time-tested methods.
Order Your Copy Today!
Published by Penguin Random House/DK, this book empowers you to create a well-stocked pantry filled with homemade, nutritious staples, reducing reliance on processed foods and embracing traditional preservation techniques.
Updates:
- Yay! The Modern Pioneer Pantry celebrated its official publication date on August 19, 2025. You can find it at your favorite bookstore or online retailer.
- Meet me at one of my book tour events this fall 2025!
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Table of Contents
- Order Your Copy Today!
- Modern Pioneer Pantry Videos
- Fill Your Pantry, Save Money, and Eat Healthier
- Already a Bestseller!
- Please Leave a Book Review
- Did You Request a Signed Bookplate?
- 🎤 Join Me During My Book Tour!
- Get a Signed Copy In Person
- Order a Signed Copy Online
- Bring The Modern Pioneer Pantry to Your Town
- The Modern Pioneer Cookbook
- About the Author
Modern Pioneer Pantry Videos
Get to know The Modern Pioneer Pantry cookbook in the following videos.
Fill Your Pantry, Save Money, and Eat Healthier
Whether you’re a novice home cook or an experienced preserver, The Modern Pioneer Pantry offers detailed instructions and over 115 professionally tested recipes to help you build your home pantry and embrace a self-sufficient, healthy lifestyle.
What’s Inside
- Canning and Preserving – Master water bath and pressure canning to extend the shelf life of your produce.
- Pickling and Fermenting – Explore the art of pickling and fermenting to enhance flavors and boost gut health.
- Dehydrating and Drying – Learn methods to remove moisture from foods, making them lightweight and shelf-stable.
- Freezing Techniques – Understand best practices for freezing a variety of foods while maintaining quality.
- Four Corners Pantry Approach – Implement Mary’s unique system to ensure a balanced and nutritious pantry.
Plus, each chapter also includes a scannable QR code that links to instructional videos on the Mary’s Nest website.
Already a Bestseller!
Wow! Thanks so much for propelling my new cookbook to the top of the Amazon Bestseller lists! I am grateful for all of your support!
If you’re building your own Four Corners Pantry and stocking it with healthy foods, The Modern Pioneer Pantry is the perfect cookbook for you.
If you’ve already ordered my second book, thank you! You’ve helped give my cookbook and traditional foods momentum in the marketplace. Retailers will recommend my book to other readers and home cooks interested in starting their traditional foods journey. You’re helping more people build traditional pantries and make traditional recipes!
If the Modern Pioneer Cookbook series is new to you, in addition to ordering my second cookbook, you can also get my first bestselling book, The Modern Pioneer Cookbook. It’s already on the shelves of your favorite retailer. Both books would make beautiful additions to your kitchen library. They’re more than just cookbooks; they’re manuals on how to build a traditional foods kitchen…and pantry, too!
I’m so happy that I’ve been able to be with you since 2018, creating YouTube videos on nutrient-dense recipes, stocking your pantry, and more. Thank you again for being on this traditional foods journey with me! 😊
Please Leave a Book Review
Can you help me keep the momentum going and also introduce others to home preservation and traditional recipes?
If you can please take a few moments to leave a review of my book on the website where you purchased my book, such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, Target, etc., I would so appreciate it! Your five-star review will give my book a boost and encourage booksellers to recommend my book to other readers and home cooks.
You can also leave reviews on social book sites, such as Goodreads.
Your five-star review of my book will help promote home preservation and traditional foods to others!
Note: I’m sorry if your book was damaged during shipment or if you were expecting a signed bookplate at the same time you received your book, but please don’t let that affect your review or rating of my book. If you have a damaged book, please let your retailer know, and I’m confident they will send you a replacement.
Did You Request a Signed Bookplate?
My Penguin Random House (PRH) publishing team created a special request form so that preorder customers of The Modern Pioneer Pantry could ask for a free signed bookplate. To make things easy, I shared the link to that request form on my website during the preorder period, which ended on August 19, 2025.
On September 22, 2025, my PRH team let me know the last of the signed bookplates would be mailed to requesters by October 2, 2025.
I’m sorry for any confusion in thinking the book and signed bookplate would arrive together. Your signed bookplate should reach you by October 2, 2025, or shortly thereafter. If you haven’t received your bookplate by mid-October, please let me know through my Contact page, and I’ll make sure you get one.
Thank you again for your kindness and faith in me by preordering my second cookbook. I deeply appreciate your patience as the bookplates make their way to you. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy every page and recipe inside—and thank you for walking this traditional foods journey with me!
🎤 Join Me During My Book Tour!
Stop by and visit with me, and be sure to pick up a few signed copies of The Modern Pioneer Pantry for your family and friends. They make wonderful birthday and Christmas presents for your favorite homecook!
Upcoming Book Tour Dates
📍 Thursday, November 6 – Austin, TX – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm CT
Southpark Meadows Barnes & Noble (Grand opening celebrations!)
9600 I-35 Southpark Meadows Ste R, Austin, TX 78748
📍 Saturday, November 8 – Austin, Texas – 11:45 am – 12:30 pm CT
Preserving Our Health: Modern Wisdom from the Pantry to the Plate presentation followed by a Book Signing
Texas State Capitol Grounds, Central Market Cooking Tent
📍 Thursday, November 18 – Lakeway, Texas – 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT
The Modern Pioneer Pantry cookbook discussion
Lake Travis Community Library, Lakeway Meeting Room
📍 Plus, more to come in 2026!
If you’re nearby, I’d be honored if you’d stop by so we can share a hug, swap a few stories, and, of course, talk about traditional foods.
Previous Book Tour Dates
📍 Saturday, August 23 – San Antonio, TX – 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
San Pedro Crossing Barnes & Noble
321 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78216
📍 Tuesday, September 10 – Austin, TX – 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Arboretum Barnes & Noble
10000 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78759
📍 Saturday, October 4 – Decatur, GA – 10:00 am – 10:45 am ET
Presentation and Recipe Demonstration followed by a Book Signing
First Baptist Church, Carreker Hall, 308 Clairemont Ave, Decatur, GA 30030
📍 Saturday, October 18 – Nashville, TN – 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm ET
Expert panel presentation followed by a Book Signing
Tennessee State Library and Archives, Harpeth Room
Get a Signed Copy In Person
If you’re looking for signed copies of my second cookbook, there are a few left at the following Barnes and Noble locations:
Central Texas
📍 Arboretum Barnes & Noble
10000 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78759
📍 Homestead Barnes & Noble
Lakeline Crossing, 14010 US Hwy. 183, Austin, TX 78717
San Antonio
📍 San Pedro Crossing Barnes & Noble
321 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78216
Looking for That Perfect Copy?
If you prefer not to order books online, you can find my new cookbook, The Modern Pioneer Pantry, on the bookshelves of most Barnes & Noble Bookstores. If they’ve sold out or don’t yet have it in stock, talk with their information desk. They will be more than happy to order a copy for you and obtain additional copies for the store. Then, when your copy arrives, you can inspect it and ensure it’s in perfect condition before checking out.
Order a Signed Copy Online
If you’re not in Central Texas or one of my book tour locations, you can surprise your favorite home cook (or yourself!) by ordering a signed copy of my book over the phone from the kind folks at the Arboretum Barnes and Noble (B&N) in Austin, Texas.
- Send an email to Edna (CRM2536@bn.com), the manager of the Arboretum B&N, with the following information:
- In the body of the email, let Edna and her B&N team know you would like to order a signed copy of my cookbook, The Modern Pioneer Pantry.
- Your full name
- Mailing address
- Phone number
- If you have a B&N membership, add your membership number to your email information for additional savings.
Alternatively, call the Arboretum B&N location directly at (512) 418-8985 and let them know you would like to order a signed copy of my cookbook, The Modern Pioneer Pantry. You’ll provide the B&N team member with the same information that you would have sent in your email, and the B&N team member will take your credit card information over the phone.
- If you sent an email, Edna or a B&N team member will call you to get your credit card information so you can pay for the signed book over the phone.
- After your purchase, a B&N team member will mail a signed copy of the book to you.
My thanks to Edna and her wonderful B&N team for giving my sweet friends a way to order a signed copy of my cookbook over the phone.
Note: If you’re not looking for a signed copy, you can order a regular copy from your favorite retailer.
Bring The Modern Pioneer Pantry to Your Town
I have a little favor to ask that could make a big difference! If you’ve enjoyed The Modern Pioneer Pantry or would love for me to visit your area for a book signing, here’s how you can help:
1️⃣ Visit your local Barnes & Noble and ask them to order copies of The Modern Pioneer Pantry for their cookbook section if they don’t already have it in the store.
Note: You can request that Barnes & Noble order the book without committing to buy it. Once it’s in, you can browse through it, see if it’s a good fit for your kitchen (and I think it will be), and then decide if you’d like to buy it at the store.
2️⃣ Next, whether you have my book or not, ask the store manager to reach out to me to schedule a signing.
📬 Managers can contact me directly through my website’s Contact Page.
That’s how I can visit for a book signing—Barnes & Noble needs to invite me!
Your support means the world to me. Every time you make a request like this, you help share the joy of traditional foods and a well-stocked pantry with more families across the country. Thank you so much!
The Modern Pioneer Cookbook
If you’re starting on your traditional foods journey or want to learn how to make nutrient-dense foods, like bone broth, cultured dairy, sourdough, or more, be sure to get a copy of my first bestselling book, The Modern Pioneer Cookbook.
The Modern Pioneer Cookbook Curriculum
The Modern Pioneer Cookbook Curriculum is an educational companion to my first cookbook. The free curriculum provides comprehensive lesson plans to teach traditional food recipes and kitchen techniques to students in grades K-12. This curriculum is over 250 pages!
About the Author
Mary Bryant Shrader
Mary Bryant Shrader is the bestselling author of The Modern Pioneer Cookbook and The Modern Pioneer Pantry. She’s a self-described “former New York City girl” who discovered the simple life with her husband in the Texas hill country. She’s a modern pioneer in the kitchen who has spent the last twenty-five years teaching friends and fans alike how to make nourishing recipes using traditional methods and whole, seasonal ingredients. Her mission is to teach her followers how to make nutrient-rich meals using traditional “pioneer” techniques like fermenting, canning, and drying.
On her Mary’s Nest YouTube channel and website, she provides detailed instructions for teaching traditional cooking techniques, such as making bone broth, sourdough bread, cultured dairy, rendering animal fats, and soaking and sprouting grains. Fans of Mary’s have come to love her encouraging, helpful demeanor and her familiar way of greeting every viewer with her “Hello, Sweet Friends!” salutation.