![The most talked about dish of the early evening, the olive stuffed with bird pepper and Gouda cheese: a super spicy treat that lit mouths on fire throughout the building.](https://www.theconcordinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20121218_coop5.jpg)
The most talked about dish of the early evening, the olive stuffed with bird pepper and Gouda cheese: a super spicy treat that lit mouths on fire throughout the building.
![The Concord Chorale serenaded the guests all night.](https://www.theconcordinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20121218_coop4.jpg)
The Concord Chorale serenaded the guests all night.
![Head chef Mike Cook stacks beer-battered onion rings (Golden Rings, duh), which disappeared faster than any of the other first six dishes.](https://www.theconcordinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20121218_coop3.jpg)
Head chef Mike Cook stacks beer-battered onion rings (Golden Rings, duh), which disappeared faster than any of the other first six dishes.
![Spicy apple chutney is deftly applied to seared duck (Swans a-swimming).](https://www.theconcordinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20121218_coop2.jpg)
Spicy apple chutney is deftly applied to seared duck (Swans a-swimming).
![Shawn Dupont was bravely crushing the olive stuffed with bird pepper and Gouda cheese (Calling Birds).](https://www.theconcordinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20121218_coop1.jpg)
Shawn Dupont was bravely crushing the olive stuffed with bird pepper and Gouda cheese (Calling Birds).