Welcome to the forum, gcon.

Some advice if you are going to live in a hostel and cook: Don't stock up on food or buy the giant size of anything. I found that when I did that, I'd wake up one morning and my food would be gone, tucked probably into a box with some traveler's own stuff, and driven off into the sunset. I actually gave up on the whole cooking thing because I didn't want to cook and it wasn't saving me any money.