Baking soda and baking powder are both common leavening agents for quick breads, cakes, cookies, and more. Both are critical in making doughs or batters rise, but they are not the same thing and ...

If you've gone to all the trouble of baking a homemade cake or batch of cookies, only to find they came out flat or dense, your leavening agent might be to blame. While baking powder and baking soda ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - SNAP benefits will be resuming very quickly now that the government shutdown is over, but the YMCA at Virginia Tech is continuing to support people with food assistance ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey announced Thursday that full SNAP funding has been restored for all West Virginians. “As of today, every SNAP cardholder in West ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Hundreds of thousands of Virginians impacted by the pausing of SNAP benefits during the government shutdown received partial payments Thursday this morning, according to the governor's ...

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that federal SNAP payments are returning but at about 65% of the usual amount for the month of November. Those who receive SNAP benefits can expect to see roughly two ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia’s northern, central and southeastern localities have the highest share of residents receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, according to ...

Political leaders in Maryland and Virginia have conflicting opinions on President Donald Trump’s administration’s announcement Monday to only partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat and former Virginia congresswoman, has for months been favored over her Republican opponent, Winsome Earle-Sears, the current lieutenant governor. But a texting scandal ...

West Virginia’s economy is changing. More than 90,000 residents now earn income as freelancers, contractors, or gig workers, contributing nearly $4.5 billion annually to the state’s economy. This ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced Monday that the state will pay for the portion of federal food stamp benefits not covered by the federal government for November, a reversal in position after the ...

A legal battle between the Trump administration and state and local governments over funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has left millions of Americans unsure when their ...