Pomegranate Winter Chiffon Meringue Pie

When I was eleven, I had the enchanting experience of performing as a toy soldier in George Balanchine’s staging of the famous Christmastime ballet The Nutcracker. Every night, while waiting backstage for our curtain call, I watched another young ballerina snack on a fruit I had never seen before. This charming girl was eating a pomegranate (which her mother called a Chinese apple), one seed at a time, with delicate fingers that looked as if they were dancing a balle