: a soup offered by a restaurant on a particular day
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McCaffrey acted as if he’d been asked what the soup du jour was.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2024 In an industry once dominated by matte foundations and theater-grade contour kits, sheer skin tints and finger-painterly balms are makeup's soup du jour.—
Sarah Hoffmann,
Allure,
26 Sep. 2022 A la carte items include a deluxe salad bar ($3), a bowl of soup du jour ($2) and desserts ($2).—
Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
20 Feb. 2021 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 Ask what yesterday’s soup du jour was before today’s special.—
Lindsay Silberman,
Town & Country,
31 May 2017
Word History
Etymology
partial translation of French soupe du jour soup of the day