I learned to love miso soup on my own here
in Wisconsin. Cookbooks had recipes for it.
  Preparation takes a certain amount of time.
Conventional wisdom says miso soup is

"soothing,"
"revitalizing,"
"balancing,"
"warming,"
"centering."

I read this some years ago and that was
enough for me.
If taste had a tone, the taste of miso soup
would be lower down and mellow - with a
resonance.
The taste is paradoxically delicate and
weighty, like the Earth.