Abstract: An automatic machine for cooking food such as soup-paste, rice or pot herbs, in which a support structure with a base and an upper working plane is provided with an open cooking tank contained within the support structure above the base and below the working plane, a water entry duct and an exit overflow duct is provided, water is supplied to the tank at a predetermined temperature, and a water circulation is associated with the tank and housed within the support structure for circulating cooking water at a predetermined temperature through the tank for intermixing with the water supplied by the water supply to the tank, and the temperature of the water in the tank is maintained at a predetermined temperature while the level of the cooking water is maintained at a predetermined level and the water is forced to exit through the overflow duct for the removal from the cooking water in the tank of particles suspended in the water such as starch and scums through the overflow duct.