At Criss Studio, Mateusz A. Żurek and Jahmarley Grant are creating a Polish-Jamaican cuisine that did not exist as a ready-made tradition — a new culinary language built from memory, history, respect, research and taste.

Żurek is one of Poland’s most iconic soups. It is also Mateusz’s last name. At Criss Studio, this became the beginning of a personal signature dish — reimagined with fermented rye, coconut milk, Scotch Bonnet, allspice, smoked butter, and Jamaican coco-bread.