Puok, Marco Calignano, Alfredo Pinfild - Neapolitan Culture vol 2

The marenna of the future according to Puok: one sandwich, one revolution

Sometimes, people ask us to explain who we are.

It happens in videos, posts, and taglines that try to sum it all up in just a few words. But this time, it happened in a book.

And when the book is called Cultura Partenopea – ‘A Marenna, the question takes on a whole new flavor. They asked us to talk about what the marenna means to us.

Not just how we make it. But how we see it. How we live it. And, most importantly, where we’re taking it.

‘A Marenna: A gesture, an identity

In this second volume -  written by Marco and Alfredo, two people who tell the story of Naples with respect, humor, and passion - the marenna is described like a mother tongue: with care, nostalgia, and truth.

Because in Naples, the marenna isn’t just a lunch break.

It’s a daily ritual, a slice of bread and memory, an ancient gesture passed down through generations. It’s school, courtyard, factory, field trip. It’s hunger and comfort. It’s wax paper, the smell of salami, greasy fingers, and closed eyes.

That’s where we started.

With the pride of being part of this story. With the awareness that our work is all about this: bridging what was with what could be.

How do we imagine the marenna of the future?

Let’s be honest: writing about it wasn’t easy.

Because the marenna of the future isn’t just a better sandwich. It’s something that, on paper, shouldn’t even exist. A paradox in your hands.

A bite that keeps you rooted in tradition—and a moment later, launches you into the future. And yet — it exists. And for us, it has two names: Braciola Supernova and Genovese Astrospaziale. Two sandwiches that don’t just reinterpret a dish. They transform it, amplify it, give it a whole new shape.

A shape that’s more intense, more portable, more powerful.

Behind every sandwich: technique, technology, and poetry

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These sandwiches aren’t just made of ingredients. They’re built on precise processes, controlled temperatures, gestures repeated a thousand times. There’s technology — the good kind. The kind that doesn’t erase the soul, but makes it shine. And there’s poetry. Because without poetry, all that’s left is technique. But if technique serves the idea, the instinct, the story—then the magic happens.

A pocket-sized revolution

The marenna of the future, for us, is a true dish - with all the power of its flavor - but no need for fork or knife. It’s democratic luxury: a full, thoughtful, layered bite. Something you can take with you, eat anywhere, and still carry with you — as a beautiful memory.

It’s not just a dish stuffed into bread. It’s not a compromise. It’s a new way of living food.

Like when someone combined the stereo, the phone, and the computer into one.

It’s no longer the sum of its parts. It’s something new.

A declaration of intent

And that’s exactly what we told in the final chapter of Cultura Partenopea – ‘A Marenna.

A chapter that doesn’t close — it opens. Because Braciola Supernova and Genovese Astrospaziale aren’t just sandwiches. They are a declaration of intent, a manifesto.

Proof that you can still innovate without destroying, that you can fly while keeping your feet on the ground and your head in the stars.

This is the marenna of the future. And for us, this is the marenna according to PUOK. And of course, you can find it in our locations at Vomero and Spaccanapoli. And if you’ve already taken that bite and felt like it was something more…

Now you know why.

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