Background Research Molecular gastronomists use special techniques, ingredients, and cooking principles to make certain chemical reactions occur. These reactions, produce new flavors and textures. One popular technique is cooking meat sous vid, a French word that means ?under vacuum?. Another technique is spherification (which the act of making liquid-filled beads takes part in). The words of a writer at Gourmet Magazine says that they, ?Explode in the mouth with a pleasingly juicy pop?…
However, the large drop in PalmKid’s contribution margin per unit combined with a decrease in the actual number of PalmPro units sold as well as a drop in the actual contribution margin per unit below budget, led to the total contribution margin being much lower than budgeted. Other factors could be discussed here––for example, it seems that the PalmKid did not achieve much success with a three digit price point––selling price was budgeted at $149 but dropped to $102. At the same time,…