The See Food Diet

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We see food, we eat it, and then we talk about it. Bob, Kate, and Matt tell you what's in their mouths and on their minds in this weekly podcast about food in Columbus, Ohio and beyond. It's that part of the cookout after everyone's eaten and now you're talking about eating.

Aug 10

Snack Taste Test Chaos

"These are shaped like lightning bolts! Okay, Lightning McQueen." - Nila The See Food Diet Gang gather at the Burns Family Home for a lively international snack tasting session, working their way through a lineup of unique chips sourced from Miniso and other specialty stores. The gang samples honey butter four-cheese chips, Lay's cucumber chips, late-night American hot wing Doritos (shaped like lightning bolts!), and Tokyo teriyaki roasted chicken chips — rating each one with genuine reactions ranging from disgust to full-on obsession. The cucumber chips become a surprise crowd favorite, the Doritos spark a "wheat thin" debate, and the teriyaki chips earn praise for actually tasting like what's on the label. The episode has the warm, chaotic energy of friends eating snacks around a kitchen table with a deer lurking outside. After the snack haul, the crew dives into a truly wild card: Graeter's Skyline Chili Ice Cream — cinnamon-spiced ice cream loaded with oyster crackers. What sounds like a disaster turns out to be a legit fall flavor moment. The group also gives a passionate shoutout to Dan the Baker in Columbus, debating whether a $18 butter-and-cheese sandwich on ciabatta is worth it (spoiler: Bob says absolutely yes and would have paid $30). The second half of the episode becomes a free-wheeling pop culture roundup covering the podcast *Everybody Knows But Me*, Ted Lasso's return, House of the Dragon theory videos, Tubi's hilariously low-budget original movies, Peacock's bonkers romance drama titles, Roblox LARPing on TikTok, AI mirror portal stories, and an ongoing 1,001 albums challenge that's delivering everything from Mariah Carey to Slipknot to Brian Eno.
Aug 3

Ohio State Fair 2026

"Everything is fine. Nothing is bad. Nothing is good. Everything is fine. It is the mid-est of mid restaurants." - Bob The Ohio State Fair dropped its new food list and we have OPINIONS 🎡🧇 This week we went through every single new item so you don't have to do the research yourself. The Churro Korean Corn Dog (mozzarella in cinnamon sugar corn dog batter — YES), the Blueberry Pie Bingsu, and the Freedom Fries are our must-tries. The inside-out buckeye — fried Oreo wrapped in peanut butter batter — sounds incredible and also like a medical event. The full breakdown is in this week's episode and we want to know: which one are YOU eating first? Tell us in the comments. In this episode: - Gulf Shores Alabama! - Bushwhacker milkshakes! - Ohio State Fair new foods! - Wolf's Ridge Brewing Columbus! - Flavor Burst soft serve! - Hilltop Dairy Twist! - Trader Joe's Columbus! - Kevin's meals! - Churro Korean Corn Dog! - Freedom Fries! - Fluffernutter Funnel Cake! - Blueberry Pie Bingsu! - Cauliflower steak! - Airplane food! - BeanTok! - a mid tofu burrito! - And MORE!!!
Jul 27

My Greek Curse

This episode is a sprawling, joyful food-and-pop-culture hang session with three hosts (one absent — shoutout to Matt) who dive deep into everything they've been eating, watching, reading, and listening to. The first half is essentially a full travel food diary from a recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, covering spots like Dolores Deluxe in SF, Hobnob in Alameda, the Joinery in Sausalito, a mystery vegan burrito spot in Oakland, H-Mart in Fremont, Yogurt Land in Berkeley, and a late-night chocolate bread pudding revelation at a rotisserie joint in Castroville. Back home, the hosts also recap a blowout dinner at Quarter Dumpling House in Cincinnati (TikTok-famous, $50/person, absolutely worth it) and a bougie treat haul from Fresh Thyme, including the infamous $20-a-jar Coconut Cult yogurt. The second half shifts into a lively candy tasting segment featuring the C-Sweet strawberry mix and a Mayana dark chocolate with strawberry marshmallow, crystallized rose, and salted caramel — with the hosts debating textures, tastes, and whether one candy genuinely tastes like feet or old dissolving gum. From there, the conversation pinballs across TV recommendations (*The Other Bennett Sister*, *House of the Dragon*, *Big Boys*), books (*Cannery Row*, *Patricia Wants to Cuddle*, *Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory*), a Taco Bell cyclospora crisis news break, a driverless Waymo car ride, a harmonica-playing butt-scratching child at Muir Woods, and a deep music discussion ranging from Simon & Garfunkel to M.I.A. to Faye Webster to the idea of a spin-off Madonna ranking podcast. The vibe throughout is warm, chaotic, genuinely funny, and deeply enthusiastic — a show where no topic is too small and every meal deserves its own paragraph. These hosts *love* food, love to laugh, and love to recommend things, and that energy is completely contagious from start to finish. ## KEYWORDS Quarter Dumpling House Cincinnati Dolores Deluxe San Francisco Coconut Cult yogurt Hobnob Alameda Muir Woods Cannery Row Monterey C-Sweet strawberry candy Mayana chocolate The Other Bennett Sister BBC Big Boys TV show Taskmaster Lisa Gilroy Taco Bell cyclospora outbreak Waymo driverless car H-Mart Fremont Artichoke Town Castroville Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum Elliott Smith MIA albums Faye Webster 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Jul 20

PSA: Get a Bidet

"I saw an article about how reading is dead. Obviously I didn't read it. " - Bob This episode kicks off with a rundown of their recent dinner at Rolls Rice, where one host got a messy paneer naan taco he didn't enjoy while the others raved about chickpea masala and tandoori chicken bowls. Snack reviews follow fast and furious — the crew tears into Stuffed Puffs Gummy Fusions (turns out they dye your mouth blue), a returned McDonald's fried apple pie (solid, could use vanilla ice cream and a caramel sundae), and a cryptic second treat that the hosts debate eating mid-show. The episode takes a deeply chaotic detour into the Cyclospora outbreak making headlines (eve if they call Cryptosporidium every time!), complete with an extended, passionate endorsement of bidets as emergency preparedness tools, a pool incident story involving a baby that led to a hotel pool shutdown, and a pasta salad origin story where a piece of Impossible meat moved like a worm in the sink — and the host absolutely had to throw the whole thing away anyway. These stories are told with zero shame and maximum relatability. The hosts agree: sometimes you just cannot eat the food, even if you know it's fine. The back half of the episode gets into the hosts' favorite territory — grocery store lists. They rip through "best of" roundups from Aldi, Whole Foods, and Fresh Thyme, debating everything from Irish butter price differences to the Too Good To Go app's surprise bags, mochi ice cream refrigerator betrayals, and White Castle's new Southwest Veggie Slider. They wrap up with a peanut butter brand power ranking debate (Jif vs. Skippy is a whole thing), fresh podcast/music/TV recs, and an earnest plea for everyone to go watch Bodacious Humphrey Williams on TikTok immediately.
Jul 13

Dentist Lunch Shaming

The podcast is back for a freewheeling, food-obsessed episode that covers everything from soup cravings in 98-degree weather to the wild world of regional Kroger nicknames. The episode kicks off with a rundown of recent food adventures — tropical smoothie wraps, tuna fish sandwiches, a scandalously under-catered lunch, and the eternal debate over ham in split pea soup — before spiraling into an enthusiastic deep dive on Giant Eagle's acquisition by Kroger and a passionate recommendation for Grocery Lan in Xenia, Ohio, a hidden gem ice cream and snack destination with no "D." The crew then shifts into full fair-food mode, riffing on the Ohio State Fair's new features — a Sphere-style immersive space, a glacial misting park, drone flying in the agriculture center, and a 2076 time capsule — alongside last year's wild food offerings like deep-fried bacon-wrapped Oreos and Thanksgiving Sundaes. The episode wraps with a snack tasting session featuring Trader Joe's chili-lime rolled corn tortilla chips, Whole Foods' legendary $27 Berry Chantilly Cake, Buc-ee's Sizzling Bold & Spicy Crackers (a divided house), lemon wafer straw cookies, and Swedish-style marshmallow gummies from a local Columbus brand. The vibe throughout is chaotic, funny, and deeply relatable — three hosts who love food, love each other, and cannot stop making plans they probably won't keep. The final stretch gets into what everyone's been listening to and watching, including a 1001 Albums project full of passionate opinions (RIP Nirvana's In Utero, RIP Pixies' Bossanova), the viral Minion Singing Contest on TikTok, AI seahorse-shark romance videos, a mysterious Chinese farmer named Mr. Biao making homemade soy sauce bricks, and a full breakdown of Love Island's most chaotic season yet, including the Casa Amor Heart Rate Challenge betrayal and a truly devastating movie night.
Jul 6

Oh! You Said Butterscotch!

"So far, this is the best day we've ever had." - Brandi Bob fixed the mic problems and the podcast is back with a fun, chaotic, and deliciously unfiltered episode featuring hosts Bob and Kate, joined by returning guest Brandi. The trio dives deep into their recent food adventures — from Kate's surprisingly easy chicken piccata and Brandi's smashed burgers on Hawaiian rolls, to a spirited debate about the decline of fast food chicken sandwiches (Wendy's, we're looking at you). Bob shares his ongoing struggle with intentional home cooking gone wrong, including a tragically bland paneer sheet pan dinner and a too-salty fried halloumi patty experiment. The group also geeks out over their obsession with a local cake maker's rotating flavors, the elusive perfect butterscotch soft serve, and the long-awaited return of McDonald's fried apple pie. The episode's centerpiece is a live taste test of TikTok-inspired brie and gummy nerds pairings alongside Mexican sodas from the brand Tapachito — with reactions ranging from "this tastes like a Christmas candle" to begrudging acceptance. The energy is loose, funny, and gloriously tangential, with the conversation drifting into soft serve rankings, sprinkle quality at Culver's vs. Whit's, White Castle's new veggie slider, and a Papa John's cinnamon pull-apart appreciation moment. Kate also brings Weiland's cakes — a strawberry pretzel cheesecake and a chocolate cake — which go over considerably better than the sodas. Beyond the food, the episode wanders into equally entertaining territory: World Cup watch parties with JR, a backyard rat sighting that was somehow described as "cute," a deep dive into Summer House and Love Island USA drama, the documentary about the girl behind the Strongsville building crash, and a heartfelt discussion about whether the World Cup in Spain in four years is worth planning a family trip around. The whole episode has the warm, rambling energy of hanging out with your funniest friends over snacks — which is exactly the point.
Jun 29

Lobster Man

"I want to live off the coast of Maine and be like a folk tale. Like, have you met Lobster Man? That's Lobster Man." - Matt Bob, Kate, Matt and Nila are back with another delightfully chaotic episode that covers everything from tiny cakes to summer barbecue dreams. They kick things off debating the best and worst small-batch cakes they've tried around Columbus, Ohio — with Kate championing a local baker at Littleton's while warning listeners away from a mystery coffee shop's blackberry cake that stained her teeth and tasted like chemicals. They also taste-test strawberry shortcake bites live on air, sparking a heated debate about whether those beat out the classic strawberry ice cream bar — and spoiler: they are deeply divided. The episode then sprawls gloriously into pop culture territory — Love Island USA, Drive-By Truckers' *Southern Rock Opera*, Friday Beers on YouTube, Euphoria, Comedy Bang Bang live, the Lego Movie, Big Bang Theory, and even George Cooper finding brisket in the back rooms. They also spend a solid chunk of time planning their ideal Fourth of July spread, debating the legitimacy of fruit pizza (Bob is pro, Kate is firmly anti), making a case for shrimp cocktail floats in the pool, and dreaming about grilled corn and avocado salsa. Throughout it all, the vibe is pure chaotic best-friend energy — inside jokes, half-finished sentences, genuine food passion, and the kind of conversational rabbit holes that make you feel like you're sitting at the table with them. Whether they're debating carrot hot dogs ("that's evil"), fantasizing about becoming "Lobster Man" off the coast of Maine, or losing it over the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel horse scene, Kate and Matt make even the most mundane topics feel like the best conversation you've had all week.
Jun 22

Bluey is Berry

"I would rather be ostrich-sized. I'd just be walking around like a supermodel with my long, long legs and my huge BBL." - Kate This episode is a breezy, chaotic, and genuinely hilarious half-episode — the result of a recording disaster that wiped out the first half of the conversation. Hosts Bob, Kate, and Matt are joined by returning summer guest Nila, and they dive headfirst into one of their favorite topics: summer frozen treats. From Popsicle brand character pops (Bluey is berry, Hello Kitty is cotton candy-strawberry, Spider-Man is cherry) to Creamsicles, Drumsticks, and the legendary Klondike Bar, the crew enthusiastically debates structural integrity, serving sizes, and the nostalgic terror of a melting Sonic the Hedgehog pop that looked like it was "crying blood." Graeters peanut butter chocolate chip ice cream, Bryers/Viennetta ice cream cake layers, and grandma Rosie's banana splits all make cameos in a warm, memory-soaked food conversation. The second half of the episode goes fully off the rails in the best way possible. The crew tackles a series of absurd hypothetical questions — including whether you'd rather be ostrich-sized or ostracized, what finger you'd want all five of your fingers to become, whether you'd go to the moon if you could never tell anyone, and whether dust particles see a vacuum cleaner as a prison or a nightclub. Kate drops the bombshell that she spent most of her life believing moths were made from dust. There's also a detour into TikTok rabbit holes — a Columbus coffee reviewer called the "Coffee Snobster," a guy on day 19 of reviewing Chinese buffets who hasn't gotten food poisoning yet, and jumping spiders as pets. The whole thing wraps with a toast doneness debate and a reminder to visit seefooddietpod.com.

We see food, we eat it, and then we talk about it. Bob, Kate, and Matt tell you what's in their mouths and on their minds in this weekly podcast about food in Columbus, Ohio and beyond. It's that part of the cookout after everyone's eaten and now you're talking about eating.

Creator

rdmeeker
Years Active

2024 - 2026
Episodes

80
Rating

Clean
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