Ever longed for your own fresh herb garden? We've now lived in our gardenless rental for long enough that the "temporary quarters" excuse is wearing thin. So the only obstacle left is one that's actually quite formidable: laziness.
When we read about Eco-Herb even that one started to melt away. These little kitchen-garden-for-dummies kits hail from Japan, land of excessive packaging, so it's interesting that the selling point here is the biodegradable planting cup, aka the laziness defeating feature.
This Old House did a gallery of herbs that are good for indoor winter gardening, including planting info and medicinal uses:
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/yard/gallery/0,25895,1545425,00.html
I do a lot of indoor gardening; I have a couple of big south facing windows, but I still don't get enough light for bushy green leafy herbs like basil or oregano or parsely.
The best indoor edible, hands down, is green onions. They grow fast, they don't need much light, and if you forget to water them for a week or so, they'll come right back. Arugula has also worked for me. I'm currently trying my hand at carrots and spinach.
Duane Newcomb's The Apartment Farmer is an excellent resource on growing veggies indoors.