Add the oregano, salt, and pepper. Ladle into individual shallow soup bowls. Garnish with parsley, drizzle with olive oil, and serve immediately. Taste, like love, defies reduction. And just as love is indispensable to the savor of life, so salt is essential to the enjoyment of food.
Salt is indispensable.
Without it, we die. Pepper is superfluous. It is a gift, a luxury that we have come to take utterly for granted. But should something occur to put pepper absolutely out of reach, we could live. We would mourn its loss, and with every bite be aware of its absence.