What’s your favorite family dish? Khayyam Wakil shares his thoughts
Community — By Bridget on November 9, 2010 at 8:26 amThe Internet Chef Talks to
Khayyam Wakil aka @iamkhayyam
“Food is love. What’s one family dish from your childhood that holds a special place in your heart?”
Photo Credit: "vaishy67"
Food is love, no question.
In my culture you literally have to put your hand over your plate, bowl or glass in order for family to stop serving, shoveling and pouring that love. The comforting warmth of Aloo Gobi has been from a very early age the favorite amongst favorites.
For those that are not familiar with what Aloo or Gobi is, let me explain. The Aloo part is potatoes and the Gobi part is cauliflower. Doesn’t sound appetizing, but once the ginger and onions are opened up and softened down, the spices mingle in a dance that drench these wonderful vegetables in a zesty mouth watering dish. It was almost always served with roti, although on occasion, naan would be consumed – didn’t really discriminate 
Tearing away small triangular pieces and scooping out mouthful after mouthful, something about that soft texture and spicy bouquet that always had me coming back for more. My other favorite as a child was spaghetti, but thought the spicy dish could be romanced a little bit more easily
Khayyam Wakil Bio and Social Media Links
Website: http://iam.ki.am/
Twitter: : www.twitter.com/iamkhayyam
One day, Khayyam had a question. Why couldn’t he get his Tiger Onitsuka shoes ordered into Canada from Zappos? He jumped on Twitter and asked the CEO of Zappos this exact question. Within minutes, he received a direct response. In that moment Khayyam realized the power within social networks. Khayyam’s ten years of experience in print and identity design was about togo ‘virtual’.
Khayyam quit his comfy agency job and ventured out to put traditional networking on its head. Within months of immersing himself in the social space, he earned the trust of his quickly growingcommunity, which branded Khayyam as one of the most influential people to follow. Companies were now turning to Khayyam Wakil for consultation on how to produce the same results for their brand, product, service or vision.
Today, Khayyam utilizes his collective experiences in design, entrepreneurship, public relations,event promotions and social media strategies to help those that need awareness and eyeballs. In 2009, Khayyam stepped into the role of Creative Director at Esultancy, a start up agency specializing in strategy and consulting in New York. Perks Consulting acquired Esultancy andKhayyam assumed the role of Media Director.
Khayyam is currently a partner with IQMZ, a boutique agency, which provides hi-level strategy and engagement campaigns amongst other online solutions.
Khayyam was fortunate enough to have a hand in Bill Cosby’s social campaign and town hall meeting that attracted 750,000 unique viewers and over the course of the 80 minute broadcast, 1.4 million viewers. Khayyam also serves on the UN’s Social Media Envoy to End Malaria, in addition, aided in the Microsoft Xbox launch of Project Natal also known as their new product Kinect at the E3 Conference. Currently working on a mobile karaoke solution for Music World Entertainment in partnership with MySpace which is set to launch beginning of the new year.
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