Cooking Up Quality:
A Recipe Series for
Documentation Excellence

When Lyndon Lattie was 10 years old, he asked to start cooking in the family kitchen. His mom said yes.

By 12, he was making Thanksgiving turkey—with her help. At 13, she made him an offer: she’d buy the ingredients for any recipe he wanted to make. No exceptions. Ever since, Lyndon has been testing, tweaking, and perfecting meals in kitchens big and small—from olympic-themed dinners to grilled pizza, and even a now-legendary (and oversized) batch of buckeyes made with paraffin wax.

Today, he brings that same passion and attention to detail to SmartCert—and to our new series: Cooking Up Quality: A Recipe Series for Documentation Excellence.

Each post in this series blends Lyndon’s favorite recipes with key insights on certification accuracy, traceability, and collaboration. Because whether you’re building a cert package or a holiday pie, the outcome depends on how closely you follow the process—and what you do when things start to go sideways.

Through real stories and real food, we’ll explore the messy, human side of documentation—and how SmartCert helps teams go from chaos to confidence.

If you’re ready to take your documentation process from ‘just getting by’ to chef’s kiss, this series is for you.

First up: The Missing PO Number — and a Caesar salad recipe that proves even the classics require careful attention to detail.

Hungry for ways to serve up documentation excellence? Follow Lyndon Lattie on LinkedIn and stay tuned for more recipes, real-world tips, and smart strategies in the Cooking Up Quality series.