 From the 1940s through the 1960s, it was considered a classic of "Continental cuisine", and has since become retro..

"Steak Diane" does not appear in the classics of French cuisine, and is first documented in 1940, in Australia.It may have been invented in Belgium, London, or New York.The name 'Diana', the Roman goddess of the hunt, has been used for various game-related foods, but the "venison steak Diane" attested in 1914, although it is sautéed and flambéed, is sauced and garnished with fruits, unlike later steak Diane recipes, so it is unclear if there is a connection.