In 1957 Carrier wrote his first article on food, which he sold to "Harper's Bazaar" editor Eileen Dickson. He was soon writing regularly for the magazine before becoming a contributor to "Vogue" and then writing a weekly column for the colour supplement of the "Sunday Times". This column brought him celebrity; the articles were collected and expanded to create his first cookery book, the lavishly illustrated "Great Dishes of the World", in 1963. Although priced at 70/-, the present day equivalent of around £100, it sold 11 million copies.