September 6, 2022 - National Coffee Ice Cream Day | National Read A Book Day

Welcome to September 6th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate a sweet breakfast buzz and taking a virtual trip. You’ve heard the phrase “when in Rome…” but if you can’t hop a plane to Italy just now, why not mix things up with a sweet twist on breakfast? Apparently it’s perfectly acceptable in Sicily to start the day with coffee flavored gelato tucked inside fresh brioche bread. Uh, yum! Italians also make a dessert called Affogato which means “drowned” and you guessed it, a scoop of ice cream gets drowned in espresso. Coffee ice cream has been around since 1869 and it’s been on Howard Johnson’s menus, right alongside chocolate and vanilla since the 1960s. On National Coffee Ice Cream Day it’s ok to have your buzz for breakfast or dessert! One of the easiest ways to travel the world is to crack open a good book. Take a trip to Middle Earth, fight dragons and save the world from impending doom. Or hop a train at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters to enroll in a school for witches and wizards. And if romance is more your thing, get swept off your feet to the moors of Northern England. Books can take you anywhere and everywhere through the power of your imagination. And reading to your kids is a great way to introduce them to a life-long love of literature. On National Read A Book Day, celebrate by curling up for an hour or two with the perfect way to get away from it all. I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices