Image Description: Front cover of The Corn Exchange Cookbook showing a woman crouching in a prairie field, reaching toward a bison beside a rock.

About The Corn Exchange Cookbook: From one of the best chefs in America comes a unique cook- book. MJ Adams came of age as a chef at the heart of New York City's burgeoning restaurant scene in the 1990s, working under chefs like Edna Lewis, David Page, and Tom Valenti. After a personal loss, she wanted to return home to the west and settled in the Black Hills of South Dakota. There she opened and ran the nationally acclaimed Corn Exchange bistro in Rapid City, SD for fifteen years. She ignited a local restaurant scene and received national acclaim from the likes of former New York Times restaurant critic Bryan Miller, Gourmet, Food Arts, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appétit, and Food and Wine. Here she shares the stories, the insights, and best of all the recipes that led the James Beard Foundation to name her three times a semifinalist for the Best Chefs in America award.

Praise for The Corn Exchange: 

"Chef MJ Adams has transformed Great Plains ingredients into dishes with international flair." - Gourmet, July 2008

"You could search the country and you'd be hard pressed to find better hidden gems." -CNN.com "

"M.J. Adams isn't just on a mission to bring fine dining to South Dakota; she is out to demystify the experience." - Rachael Ray