When I was a college student, I spent two summers living in France. The first time I lived in the city of Dijon, which is in Bourgogne (Burgandy... known for good wine and good food, such as boeuf bourguinon and coq au vin) and the second time in the city of Avignon, which is a small town in Provence. Provence is known for its lavender, sunflowers, sunny weather, herbes de provence, and the list goes on. I love everything about Provence, including the fact that it is super close to the Mediterranean Sea. Both of those summers, I made weekend trips to Nice, a city I first visited as a high school student. Nice is probably my favorite "beach town" in the world. Nice actually used to be part of Italy, so you have amazing Italian-influenced food and architecture, plus great shopping, music, and of course, the beautiful Mediterranean. Before I went to the beach, I would wander through Vieux Nice (old Nice) to grab a picnic lunch. I always saw the pissaladière, but never bought one.
Most likely because the three traditional ingredients are onions (yum), anchovies & olives (not so much on the last two). Here's a pic of one little part of Vieux Nice:
Today, I made my own pissaladière with what I like on it... which would be solely the onions. The verdict: it was delicious. I followed Ina Garten's recipe from my Barefoot in Paris cookbook for the dough (but I cut it in half), but then just kinda did my own thing with the rest. I cut four onions in half and then sliced the half and put them in a pan with some EVOO. I added in some salt, pepper and thyme (didn't measure, just put it in there). I cooked them on low for about 15 minutes and then added in a few cloves of minced garlic.
I probably cooked them for around 30 minutes until they looked like this:
I rolled out the dough, put the onions on top and brushed the "crust" with some more olive oil... 
And baked at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. C'est tout. 
C'était délicieux. You wouldn't even know the anchovies & olives were missing.
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