soup du jour
noun
ˌsüp-də-ˈzhu̇r 
: a soup offered by a restaurant on a particular day
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Chef Ibti of Sudan makes a standout soup du jour with stuffed-cheese potato bread. 
al, 19 Nov. 2019 Ask what yesterday’s soup du jour was before today’s special. Lindsay Silberman, Town & Country, 31 May 2017 Menu: Kumamoto oysters or a salmon-fennel-leek tartlette as an appetizer, then butter salad with walnuts and Roquefort or a soup du jour for the second course. Benjy Egel, sacbee, 13 Feb. 2018 The soup du jour, teeming with chunks of beef, potatoes and green beans, was similarly light but with a potent, fiery broth. Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017 There are floating, dancing delicacies like cheese soufflé, soup du jour, beef ragout, pie, pudding, cakes, and, perhaps best of all, fountains of Champagne. Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, 4 Oct. 2017
al, 19 Nov. 2019 Ask what yesterday’s soup du jour was before today’s special. Lindsay Silberman, Town & Country, 31 May 2017 Menu: Kumamoto oysters or a salmon-fennel-leek tartlette as an appetizer, then butter salad with walnuts and Roquefort or a soup du jour for the second course. Benjy Egel, sacbee, 13 Feb. 2018 The soup du jour, teeming with chunks of beef, potatoes and green beans, was similarly light but with a potent, fiery broth. Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017 There are floating, dancing delicacies like cheese soufflé, soup du jour, beef ragout, pie, pudding, cakes, and, perhaps best of all, fountains of Champagne. Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, 4 Oct. 2017 Word History
Etymology
partial translation of French soupe du jour soup of the day
First Known Use
circa 1945, in the meaning defined above