If you want information about Brazil, you don't want it from a tourist guide.

Most tourist guides want to sell you an image of Brazil that doesn't exist — at least not anymore. They want to make you believe that Brazil is a country of wonders (it is, but of a different kind), that you will find only the best things in the world, and that most Brazilians speak English.

Don't take me wrong. Brazil is a wonderful place; if it weren't, I would have left it long ago.

But as a teacher and effective representative of my country to many foreigners who come here every year, I want you to have a more everyday, blue-collar perspective of what Brazil looks like from the inside.

That's the basic premise of Bitesize Brazil, a website devoted to showing you what Brazil is like from a Brazilian's perspective.

Here, you'll have a safe space to ask questions about Brazil and Brazilian culture, economy, and society. You will have timely articles on different aspects of the Brazilian culture and society.