The French edition of Dinner at Antoine's, probably the best known novel
by Frances Parkinson Keyes, was published in Paris fifty years ago. New Orleans
Public Library has an extensive collection of foreign-language texts of Mrs. Keyes'
works. Diner Chez Antoine's is available in Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian,
Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish, in addition to the English and French
editions.
Restaurants are kept by Frenchmen and in the
French style. Dishes are a mixture of French and Creole cooking, which is much
appreciated by "bon vivants."