The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to food preparation:

Baking – the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by convection, normally in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes or on hot stones.

Boiling – the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding environmental pressure.

Grilling – a form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above or below.

Frying – cooking food in oil or another fat, a technique that originated in ancient Egypt around 2500 BC.

Microwave oven – type of oven that heats foods quickly and efficiently using microwaves, but, unlike conventional ovens, does not brown or bake food. This makes them unsuitable for cooking certain foods, or to achieve certain culinary effects. Additional kinds of heat sources can be added to microwave packaging, or into combination microwave ovens, to add these additional effects.

Evan Centopani (born Evan Michael Centopani on April 7, 1982 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American professional bodybuilder who competes in the superheavyweight class. He is 5'11" tall.

Centopani was born in 1982 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. During his childhood, he was burdened with weight problems and reached 220 pounds by the time he was 12. At 13, he began a rigorous exercise program that resulted in the loss of 70 pounds within a year. Based on those results, he began focusing on weight training, which lead to his interest in bodybuilding.

During the course of his bodybuilding career, Centopani has consistently placed high in competition. In his first tournament, he won the heavyweight class and the overall title in the 2005 Bev Francis Atlantic States.

In 2006, he won the superheavyweight and overall titles in NPC Junior Nationals and second place in the superheavyweight class in the NPC National Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships.

In 2007, he won the superheavyweight class and overall title for the NPC National Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships, where he earned his pro card.